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Definitions for: Troll
[n] (Scandinavian folklore) a supernatural creature (either a dwarf or a giant) that is supposed to live in caves or in the mountains
[v] speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice
[v] praise or celebrate in song; "All tongues shall troll you"
[v] sing loudly and without inhibition
[v] angle with a hook and line drawn through the water
[v] sing the parts of (a round) in succession
[v] cause to move round and round; "The child trolled her hoop"
[v] circulate, move around
Webster (1913) Definition: Troll, n. [Icel. troll. Cf. Droll, Trull.] (Scand.
Myth.)
A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive
size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves,
hills, and like places; a witch.
Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower
(a) .
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.
Troll, v. i.
1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a
coach and six.
2. To move rapidly; to wag. --F. Beaumont.
3. To take part in trolling a song.
4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to
fish by drawing the hook through the water.
Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that
abounded in fish. --Bancroft.
Troll, n.
1. The act of moving round; routine; repetition. --Burke.
2. A song the parts of which are sung in succession; a catch;
a round.
Thence the catch and troll, while ``Laughter,
holding both his sides,'' sheds tears to song and
ballad pathetic on the woes of married life. --Prof.
Wilson.
3. A trolley.
Troll plate (Mach.), a rotative disk with spiral ribs or
grooves, by which several pieces, as the jaws of a chuck,
can be brought together or spread radially.
See Also: angle, circle, circulate, mouth, mythical creature, mythical monster, praise, roll, sing, sing, speak, talk, utter, verbalise, verbalize, wheel
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