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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.
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Troll flower. (Bot.) Same as Globeflower (a).
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Troll, v. i. 1. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.
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2. To move rapidly; to wag. F. Beaumont.
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3. To take part in trolling a song.
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4. To fish with a rod whose line runs on a reel; also, to fish by drawing the hook through the water.
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Their young men . . . trolled along the brooks that abounded in fish. Bancroft.
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