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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trawl \Trawl\, v. i. [OF. trauler, troller, F. tr[^o]ter, to
     drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf.
     {Troll}, v. t.]
     To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trawl \Trawl\, n.
     1. A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having
        many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used
        for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter. [U. S. &
        Canada]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its
        ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in
        fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the
        sea bottom.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trawl
       n 1: a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks
            attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: {trawl
            line}, {spiller}, {setline}, {trotline}]
       2: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths
          [syn: {dragnet}, {trawl net}]
       v : fish with trawlers

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  65 Moby Thesaurus words for "trawl":
     angle, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, bob, bola, clam, cobweb, dap,
     dib, dibble, drag, draggle, dragnet, draw, drive, fish, fishhook,
     fly, fly-fish, gig, gill net, go fishing, grig, ground bait,
     guddle, hale, haul, heave, hook, jack, jacklight, jig, lariat,
     lasso, lime, lug, lure, meshes, net, noose, plug, pound net, pull,
     purse seine, seine, shrimp, snake, snare, sniggle, spin, spinner,
     springe, squid, still-fish, take in tow, toils, torch, tow, trail,
     train, troll, tug, whale, wobbler
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  trawl v. To sift through large volumes of data (e.g., Usenet postings,
     FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  trawl
       
          To sift through large volumes of data (e.g. {Usenet} postings,
          FTP archives, or the {Jargon File}) looking for something of
          interest.
          [{Jargon File}]
       
       

















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