trowl

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Verb

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trowl (third-person singular simple present trowls, present participle trowling, simple past and past participle trowled)

  1. Archaic form of troll. (entice fish with bait)
    • December 15 1739, Henry Fielding, The Champion:
      he seems to prefer snapping, to trowling after this fish

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