Troll — Defs

01 n. A supernatural being, often represented as of diminutive size, but sometimes as a giant, and fabled to inhabit caves, hills, and like place…

1.
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.(Scand. Myth.)

Phrases & compounds

Troll flower — Same as Globeflower (a).

02 v. t. To move circularly or volubly; to roll; to turn.

imp. & p. p. Trolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Trolling

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.

03 v. i. To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.

1.
To roll; to run about; to move around; as, to troll in a coach and six.
2.
To move rapidly; to wag.
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.

04 n. The act of moving round; routine; repetition.

1.
The act of moving round; routine; repetition.
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.

Phrases & compounds

Troll plate — 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.