Trolling

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

  Troll \Troll\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Trolled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Trolling}.] [OE. trollen to roll, F. tr[^o]ler, 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.
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              To dress and troll the tongue, and roll the eye.
                                                    --Milton.
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     2. To send about; to circulate, as a vessel in drinking.
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              Then doth she troll to the bowl.      --Gammer
                                                    Gurton's
                                                    Needle.
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              Troll the brown bowl.                 --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. To sing the parts of in succession, as of a round, a
        catch, and the like; also, to sing loudly or freely.
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              Will you troll the catch ?            --Shak.
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              His sonnets charmed the attentive crowd,
              By wide-mouthed mortaltrolled aloud.  --Hudibras.
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     4. To angle for with a trolling line, or with a book drawn
        along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
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     5. To fish in; to seek to catch fish from.
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              With patient angle trolls the finny deep.
                                                    --Goldsmith.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  trolling
       n : angling by drawing a baited line through the water [syn: {troll}]