Part of Speech: Verb, transitive Meaning: 1. To fish by pulling
a line through the water. 2 To try to lure or incite someone by
passing something where they can see it. 3. (Obsolete) To sing
in the manner of a round or simply merrily. Notes: We have
reduced the 14 meanings of today's Good Word to the three
central ones in the Oxford English Dictionary. Most of this
word's meanings are obsolete, like No. 3 above, and as you can
see from the three we selected, they are quite disparate. In
Play: About the only time you will hear the third meaning of
this word is when you (or someone else) is singing the Christmas
carol, Deck the Halls: "Don we now our gay apparel Fa la la la
la la la la la Troll the ancient Yuletide carol Fa la la la la
la la la la." Otherwise, you will hear it used in its second
meaning: "Hackers troll the Internet looking for computers they
can crack into." Word History: Today's Good Word's origin is as
mysterious as the disparity of its meanings. It can be traced
back only as far as two Old F