troll, troole, troul, troule, trowl, trowle

t. & i. [O. Fr. troller, trauler =to run hither and thither, to range or hunt out of order; Fr. troler = to lead, to drag about, to ramble, to stroll about, from Ger. trollen=to roll, to troll; cogn. with O. Dut. trollen to troll; Low Ger. drulen =to roll, to troll; cf. Wel.trol=a cylinder, a roll; trolio =to roll, to trundle; trolyn =a roller; troelli =to whirl; troell =a whirl, wheel, reel, pulley, or screw; troawl = turning, revolving; tro =a turn.] A. Transitive : *1. To move in a circular direction; to turn or roll about. "To dre , and troll the tongue, and roll the eye." Milton: P. L., xi. 620. *2. To circulate or pa round, as a ve el of liquor at table. "Give me a man, that when he goes hanging cries trowl the black bowl to me." -Beaum . & Flet.: Knight of Burning Pestle , ii. *3. To circulate abroad; to spread the name or fame of. "All tongues shall troule you in sæcula sæculorum."_ Beaum, & Flet.: Phil aster, v. Min .: An amorphous mineral, with compact text ure. Hardne , below 6.0; specific gravity, 310, position: Phosphoric acid, 478: alumina, 46.2; water, 6.0=100, corresponding with the formula, Al2O3PO3+Al2O3.3H2O. Found in an iron mine at West an a, Scania, Sweden.