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Webster 1913 Edition

Troll

Troll

,
Noun.
[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

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Trolled
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Trolling
.]
[OE.
trollen
to roll, F.
trôler
, 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 ?
Shakespeare
His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd,
By wide-mouthed mortal
trolled
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

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Troll

TROLL

,
Verb.
T.
To move in a circular direction; to roll; to move volubly; to turn; to drive about.
They learn to roll the eye, and troll the tongue.
Troll about the bridal bow.

TROLL

,
Verb.
I.
To roll; to run about; as, to troll in a coach and six.
1.
Among anglers, to fish for pikes with a rod whose line runs on a wheel or pulley.

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