troll2 (trol)

[ kind. But they have a sad propensity to thieving, steal ing not only provisions, but even women and children. They can make themselves invisible, can confer personal strength and prosperity upon men, can an foresee future events, etc. Keightley. troller (trō'ler), n. [ or from one of the Celtic nouns mentioned un stroll, F. tró tróler, lead, drag about, also stroll, ramble (Picard droler , go hither and thither, donkey. Also troll .-2. A small truck or car Norm. treuler , idle, lazy), prob. trollen , for running on tracks in a rolling-mill or fur- onten , nace. It is used to move heavy materials, and can be used as a tip-car.-3. In Eng . lace -mak- G. trollen, roll, troll, run, dial. (Swi ) trohlen, roll, tröhlen, roll, bowl, = MD. drollen = LG. n, roll, troll. Cf. W. troelli, turn, wheel, whirl, troell, a whirl, wheel, reel, pulley, wind la , screw, trolian, trwlian, troll, roll, 1, roll, trolio, trwlio, roll, trolyn, a roller, trol, a roller, etc.; Bret. troel, a winding plant, tró, a circle. The relation of the Teut. and Celtic forms is uncer tain. Cf. troll, n., and trolley.] I. trans. 1. IMG:content-0934.png:[blocks in formation] B. Jonson, Love's Welcome at Welbeck. 3. To sing in the manner of a catch or round; also, to sing in a full, jovial voice. Who still led the rustic ging, And could troll a roundelay That would make the fields to ring. Drayton, Shepherd's Sirena. ing, lace the pattern of which is outlined with IMG:content-0935.png:[blocks in formation] spoon, with a hook or hooks at one end, and Trollius (trol'i-us), n. [NL. (Rivinus, 1690; first used by C. Gesner, about 1555); prob. line attached at the other. palmately lobed or di ected leaves. There are about 9 species, natives of north temperate and cold regions. They are erect herbs from a perennial root, with alternate leaves, and large yellow or lilac-colored flowers usually with nuregular deciduous colored sepals, and fewer elon gated linear clawed petals, each bearing a nectariferous gland. The fruit is a head of separate follicles. Several species are cultivated in gardens, and are known as globe flower, especially T. Europæus, also known as globe - ranun culus and troll- flower, and in England as golden - ball and but ter- basket, and northward as lock in gowan and lapper gowan. For T. lax us, see spreading globe - flower, under spread. troll-madamt (trol'mad"am), n. [An accom. form of OF. trou - madame, a game so called.] An old English game: same as pigeonholes. Also IMG:content-0936.png:[blocks in formation] up of several such threads. The ground is usu- ally a double ground, showing hexagonal and triangular meshes.-4. A metallic roller or pul- ley arranged to travel over, upon, and in contact de rol , and other mere syllables used in sing- with an electric conductor suspended overhead, ing.] To troll; sing in a jovial, rollicking way. and connected with a flexible conductor or a trolley-pole for conveying the current into the motor circuit on an electric car, as in many electric street-railways.- Honiton trolley, Honiton lace made with a trolley ground. It was one of the earliest forms of this lace. - Trolley system, the system of electrical railway in which the current is taken from the conductor by means of a small wheel or trolley. The overhead above the cars. - Trolley-thread, in lace - mak conductor or insulated electrode is usually suspended ing, one of the thick threads forming the border of the pattern in trolley-lace.