troll

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1. 1.To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn. To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. Milton.
2. 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. 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. 4.To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
5. 5.To fish in; to seek to catch fish from. With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmith.
6. 6.To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.
7. 7.To move rapidly; to wag. F. Beaumont.
8. 8.To take part in trolling a song.
9. 9.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.
10. 10.The act of moving round; routine; repetition. Burke.
11. 11.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.
12. 12.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.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn. To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. Milton called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure called?
• What is to fish in; to seek to catch fish from. With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmith called?
• What is to roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is the act of moving round; routine; repetition. Burke called?
• What is 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 called?