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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Troll  \Troll\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Trolled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Trolling}.]  [OE.  trollen  to  roll,  F.  tr[^o]ler,  Of  troller 
  to  drag  about  to  ramble;  probably  of  Teutonic  origin;  cf  G. 
  trollen  to  roll,  ramble,  sich  trollen  to  be  gone;  or  perhaps 
  for  trotler,  fr  F.  trotter  to  trot  (cf.  {Trot}.).  Cf 
  {Trawl}.] 
  1.  To  move  circularly  or  volubly;  to  roll;  to  turn. 
 
  To  dress  and  troll  the  tongue,  and  roll  the  eye. 
  --Milton. 
 
  2.  To  send  about  to  circulate,  as  a  vessel  in  drinking. 
 
  Then  doth  she  troll  to  the  bowl.  --Gammer 
  Gurton's 
  Needle. 
 
  Troll  the  brown  bowl.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  3.  To  sing  the  parts  of  in  succession,  as  of  a  round,  a 
  catch,  and  the  like  also  to  sing  loudly  or  freely. 
 
  Will  you  troll  the  catch  ?  --Shak. 
 
  His  sonnets  charmed  the  attentive  crowd,  By 
  wide-mouthed  mortaltrolled  aloud.  --Hudibras. 
 
  4.  To  angle  for  with  a  trolling  line  or  with  a  book  drawn 
  along  the  surface  of  the  water;  hence  to  allure. 
 
  5.  To  fish  in  to  seek  to  catch  fish  from 
 
  With  patient  angle  trolls  the  finny  deep. 
  --Goldsmith.




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