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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trawl \Trawl\, noun
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Trawl \Trawl\, verb (used without an object) [OF. trauler, troller, F. tr[^o]ter, to drag about, to stroll about; probably of Teutonic origin. Cf. {Troll}, verb (used with an object)] To take fish, or other marine animals, with a trawl.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
trawl
noun
1: a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys) [syn: {trawl line}, {spiller}, {setline}, {trotline}]
2: a conical fishnet dragged through the water at great depths [syn: {dragnet}, {trawl net}]
verb: fish with trawlers
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
65 Moby Thesaurus words for "trawl": angle, bait, bait the hook, birdlime, bob, bola, clam, cobweb, dap, dib, dibble, drag, draggle, dragnet, draw, drive, fish, fishhook, fly, fly-fish, gig, gill net, go fishing, grig, ground bait, guddle, hale, haul, heave, hook, jack, jacklight, jig, lariat, lasso, lime, lug, lure, meshes, net, noose, plug, pound net, pull, purse seine, seine, shrimp, snake, snare, sniggle, spin, spinner, springe, squid, still-fish, take in tow, toils, torch, tow, trail, train, troll, tug, whale, wobbler
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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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