[trawl] 
,| 1. | Also called trawl net. a strong fishing net for dragging along the sea bottom. |
| 2. | Also called trawl line. a buoyed line used in sea fishing, having numerous short lines with baited hooks attached at intervals. |
| 3. | to fish with a net that drags along the sea bottom to catch the fish living there. |
| 4. | to fish with a trawl line. |
| 5. | to troll. |
| 6. | to catch with a trawl net or a trawl line. |
| 7. | to drag (a trawl net). |
| 8. | to troll. |
| set·line (sět'līn') n. A long fishing line towed by a boat and supporting many smaller lines bearing baited hooks. Also called trawl, trawl line, trotline. |
| trawl (trôl) n.
v. tr. To catch (fish) with a trawl. v. intr.
[Possibly Middle English trawelle, perhaps from Middle Dutch tragel, dragnet, possibly from Latin trāgula, from trahere, to drag.] |
trawl
To sift through large volumes of data (e.g. Usenet postings, FTP archives, or the Jargon File) looking for something of interest. [The Jargon File]
