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trawl

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trawl  \Trawl\,  v.  i.  [OF.  trauler,  troller,  F.  tr[^o]ter,  to 
  drag  about  to  stroll  about  probably  of  Teutonic  origin.  Cf 
  {Troll},  v.  t.] 
  To  take  fish,  or  other  marine  animals,  with  a  trawl. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Trawl  \Trawl\,  n. 
  1.  A  fishing  line  often  extending  a  mile  or  more  having 
  many  short  lines  bearing  hooks  attached  to  it  It  is  used 
  for  catching  cod,  halibut,  etc.;  a  boulter.  [U.  S.  & 
  Canada] 
 
  2.  A  large  bag  net  attached  to  a  beam  with  iron  frames  at  its 
  ends  and  dragged  at  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  --  used  in 
  fishing,  and  in  gathering  forms  of  marine  life  from  the 
  sea  bottom. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  trawl 
  n  :  a  conical  net  dragged  through  the  water  at  great  depths 
  [syn:  {dragnet},  {trawl  net}] 
  v  :  fish  with  trawlers 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  trawl  v.  To  sift  through  large  volumes  of  data  (e.g.,  Usenet 
  postings,  FTP  archives,  or  the  Jargon  File)  looking  for  something  of 
  interest. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  trawl 
 
  To  sift  through  large  volumes  of  data  (e.g.  {Usenet}  postings, 
  FTP  archives,  or  the  {Jargon  File})  looking  for  something  of 
  interest. 
  [{Jargon  File}]




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