troika 
troika (troi'kii), M. [Kuss. /r<ii/.v/, < trtu'. Irni, 
three: see tliree.] A team of three honat 
abreast, peculiar to Russian traveling-convey- 
ances; hence, the vehicle itself to which the 
horses arc attached, or the vehicle and horses 
taken together. 
troilt, c. I. [ME. truili'ii, < ( IF. In, ill, r. Innll, r. 
charm, deceive, < led. tnjllit, charm, fascinate. 
< troll, a troll: see trnlP.] To deceive; be- 
guile. 
Hy.hllittwt heore anil liyin after to kliowe, 
As two RiHlcs, with Kod lioihr n I iiinl illo; 
Thus with trelsiin and with trci-hei-li- (how troiltilmt hem 
tioihi'. Pieri Plowman (C), rxl. 8. 
troilite (troi'lit), . [Named after D. Trotli, 
who in 1706 described a meteorite containing 
this species.] A native iron sulphid often oc- 
curring in meteorites, and especially meteoric 
irons. MS embedded nodules or generally dis- 
seminated. It may lie Identical with the terrestrial 
pyrrhntlte, but most authorities regard it us the protosul- 
phld of iron (Fes,), a substance not otherwise known out- 
side of the laboratory. 
troilus (tro'i-lus), H. ; pi. troili (-11). fNL., < 
Troilim, a mythical hero of Troy.] A large 
swallow-tailed butterfly, Papilio troiliis, com- 
mon in the United States. It Is for the most part 
black, but has yellow marginal spots on the fore wines 
and blue spots on the hind wings. The larva feeds on 
laurel and sassafras. 
Trojan (tro'jan), a, and . [=P. Troyen, < L. 
TrojanuK. < Tnijn, Troia, Troy, < Tros, < Qr. 
tpaf, a Trojan, also the mythical founder of 
Troy, in Asia Minor.] I. a. Of or relating to 
ancient Troy, a celebrated city in Mysia, Asia 
Minor Trojan War, in classical my tA., a war waged for 
ten years by the confederated Greeks under the lead of 
Agamemnon, king of Mycenm and Argolls, against the 
Trojans and their allies, for the recovery of Helen (wife 
of Menelaus, king of Sparta or Lacedsemon), who had been 
carried away by Paris (son of the Trojan king Priam). 
II. w. 1. An inhabitant of Troy. 2. Aplucky 
or determined fellow ; one who fights or works 
with a will. [Colloq.] 
He bore it [the amputation of his hand), In cors, like 
a Trojin. Thackeray, Yellowplush Papers, Mr. Deuceace 
[at Paris, Til. 
3. A boon companion; an irregular liver: some- 
times used loosely as a term of opprobrium. 
Tut! there are other Trojans that thou dreamest not 
of, the which for sport sake are content to do the profes- 
sion some grace. Shak., 1 Hen. IV., II. 1. 77. 
Sam the butler 's true, the cook a reverend Troian. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night- Walker, II. 1. 
4. pi. In entoni., a name given by Linnaeus to 
certain butterflies, mostly tropical and now gen- 
erally included in the genus Papilio, charac- 
terized by their velvety-black colors with crim- 
son spots on the wl>gs and breast. Allied spe- 
cies of different colors were called Greeks, and both to- 
gether formed the group Kquites. It la now known that 
certain "Trojans" are sexual varieties of the "Greeks," 
but the names are still occasionally used. 
troke (trok), v. and . An obsolete or Scotch 
form of truck 1 . 
troll 1 (trol), v. [Formerly also trole, trout, 
trowl; < ME. trollen, roll, stroll, < OF. trailer, 
trauler, troler, run hither and thither, range, 
stroll, F. trdlcr, lead, drag about, also stroll, 
ramble (Picard drolcr, go hither and thither, 
Norm, treuler, idle, lazy), prob. < MHG. trollen, 
Gt. trollen, roll, troll, run, dial. (Swiss) trohlen, 
roll, trohlen, roll, bowl, = MD. drollen = LG. 
drulen, roll, troll. Cf. W. troelli, turn, wheel, 
whirl, troell, a whirl, wheel, reel, pulley, wind- 
lass, screw, Irolian, trwlian, troll, roll, trolio, 
trwlio, roll, trolyn, a roller, trol, a roller, etc.; 
Bret, trdel, a winding plant, tr6, a circle. The 
relation of the Teut. and Celtic forms is uncer- 
tain. Cf. troll 1 , H., and trolley.'} I. trans. 1. 
To roll; turn round. 
To dress, and troll the tongue, and roll the eye. 
Milton, P. L., xi. 820. 
2. To circulate ; pass or send round, as a ves- 
sel of liquor at table. 
Troll about the bridal bowl. 
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 IrM a roundelay 
That would make the fields to ring. 
Drayton, Shepherd's Slrena. 
4. To angle or fish for; especially, to angle for 
in a particular manner. See (m//n/. Hence 
5. To allure ; entice; draw on. 
6497 
6. To angle or tisli in. 
trollopee 
the current into the circuit of the mo- 
Wlth patient angle trolls the finny deep. tor on the car. 
Ooldmith, Traveller, I. 187. troll-flower i trol'll-ni er). w. (< trull- + ttotcer.] 
II intnin*. 1. To roll; roll in. Th. -l"be-tlo\vcr. /',../'.- /.n//i*M*. tieeglobc- 
fluir, , , 
trolling (tro'ling), M. [Verbal n. of trnin. r.J 
In fithtnq : (a) The method of dragging or trail- 
ing a fiHliing-line and hook behind a boat, at or 
near the surface of tin- water: trawling. The 
tackle consists of a strong hand line from 25 to 76 yards 
long, and a spoon-hook, or one of the many kinds of spin- 
ning-baits, trolllng-spoons. propellers, etc. Trolling lialao 
sometimes practised from the shore with a rod. The hook 
may lie baited, as with a minnow, but artificial lures are 
most used, (ft) In Great Britain, a mode of fish- 
ing for pike with a rod and line, and with H 
dead bait, used chiefly when the water is full 
This little ape geta money by the sack-full, 
It trll* MI*. m her. 
Middleton and Kovley, Spanish Gypsy, I. .'.. 
2. To go round; pass; circulate: sometimes 
with an indefinite it. 
Now the cups troll about 
To wet the gossips whistles. 
Middletan, Chaste Maid, 111. 2. 
The Bells a ringing, and the Howls a trmHing, the Fid- 
lers fumbling and Tumbling. Krone, Queens Exchange, II. 
3. To stroll ; ramble. 
This thretty wynter, as I wene, hath he gone and 
ty wyn 
preched; . . . 
And thus hath he trolled forth this two and thretty wynter 
Fieri Plowman (B), xvlit. 298. 
of weeds, rushes, etc. A gudgeon Is the beat bait, 
and is used by running longitudinally through It a piece 
of twisted brass wire, weighted with a long piece of lead, 
and having two hooka attached. The bait Is dropped !nti> 
holes, and Is worked up and down l>\ tin- lilt ing and falling 
of the rod-point. Compare tratding. 
A'l.nJV Knti M 
We at last trolled off, aa cheery and merry a set of young- 
sters as the sun ever looked upon in a dewy June morning. 
n. B. Stom, Oldtown, p. 414. trolling-bait (tnVling-bat), n. A metallic re- 
4. To wag; move glibly. volving bait or lure used in trolling; a spoon- 
Fill him but a boule, it will make his tongue troule. bait ; a trolling-spoon. It is made of many 
shapes and sizes as variations of the trolling- 
spoon. 
Trollinger (tro'ling-er), M. A kind of grape. 
See Ililmhiiril, 1. 
trolling-hook (tro'ling-hiik), n. A fish-hook 
used in trolling. 
F. Beaumont, Ex-Ale-Tatlon of Ale. 
6. To take part in a catch or round; sing 
catches or rounds. 
Prepost'rous fool, thou trouTtt amiss ; 
Thou err'st ; that 's not the way, 'tis this. 
([varies, Emblems, II. 11. 
6. To angle or fish in a particular manner. See trolling-rod (tro'ling-rod), H. A rod used in 
trollin,,. =syn. 6. See Ml* trolling, usually made of undressed bamboo, 
troll 1 (trol), . [< train, v. Cf. MD. drol, a top, and about nine feet in length 
little ball, etc., = MLG. drol, drul, anything trolling-spoon (tro lin^-spon , . A tro ling- 
round.] 1 . A going or moving round"; roll ; balt or spoon-bait, fashioned like the bowl of a 
routine; repetition. 
The troll of their categorical table might have informed 
them that there was something else in the intellectual 
world besides substance and quantity. 
Burke, Rev. In France. 
2. A song the parts of which are sung in suc- 
cession ; a round. 3. A reel on a fishing-rod. 
4. Same as trolley, 1. 5. An artificial lure used 
in trolling. 6. Any long unshapely thing that 
trails on the ground ; any long thing. [Scotch.] 
Feathered troll, a metal troll of oval or fish-like form 
revolving at the head of the shank of the hook, and hav- 
ing feathers attached to attract the fish : used by anglers. 
Sometimes hair, as deer's, is used instead of feathers. 
The metals used are silver, copper, brats, etc., or a com- 
bination of these. 
troll 2 (trol), n. K Icel. troll = Sw. troll = Dan. 
trold, a troll, = D. drol = LG. droll, a troll, a 
humorous fellow, droll, = G. droll, troll, a troll, 
' 
Trolling-spooiu. 
etc.: see droll.'] In Northern myth., a super- 
spoon, with a hook or hooks at one end, and 
the line attached at the other. 
natural being, in old Icelandic literature repre- Trollins (trol 'i -us), n. [NL. (Kivinus, 1690; 
sented as a kind of giant, but in modern Scandi 
navia regarded as of diminutive size and inhab- 
iting a fine dwelling in the interior of some hill 
or mound, answering in some respects to the 
brownie of Scotland. The trolls are described as 
obliging and neighborly, lending and borrowing freely, 
and otherwise keeping up a friendly intercourse with man- 
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 foresee future 
events, etc. Kcighttey. 
troller (tro'ler), H. [< troll 1 + -er 1 .] One who 
fishes by the method known as trolling. 
trolley, 'trolly (trol'i), n. [< troll 1 + -ey, -i/2; 
or from one of the Celtic nouns mentioned un- 
der troll 1 .] 1. A narrow cart used by coster- 
mongers, and pushed by hand or drawn by a 
donkey. Also troll. 2. A small truck or car 
for running on tracks in a rolling-mill or fur- 
It is used to move heavy materials, and 
first used by C. Gesner, about 1555) ; prob. < G. 
troll, a troll : see trolP.] A genus of polypeta- 
lous plan ts,of the order Ranunciilarett, tribe Hel- 
leborete, and subtribe Caltkeir. It la characterized 
by small narrow entire petals destitute of scales, and by 
palmately lobed or dissected leaves. There are about B 
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 nu- 
merous regular deciduous colored nepals, 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- 
fover, especially T. Buronjrus, also known as ylnbe ranun- 
culus and traU-fmrrr, and in England as : il<lrn-ball and but- 
ter-basket, and northward as loMngowan and tapper gown. 
For T. laxus, see spreading globe-flower, under spread. 
troll-madarnt (trol'mad'am), n. [An accom. 
form of OF. tron-madame, a game so called.] 
An old English game: same AS pigeonholes. Also 
called trunks. 
A fellow, sir, that I have known to go about with troll 
Skat., W. T., Iv. S. M. 
nace. 
can be used as a tip-car. 3; In Eng. lace-mak- 
iiifl. lace the pattern of which is outlined with trollol (trol'lol'), r. [< trol lot, like tra la,fol 
a thicker thread, or a flat narrow border made de ml, and other mere syllables used in sing- 
up of several such threads. The ground is usu- ing.] To troll ; sing in a jovial, rollicking way. 
afiy a double ground, showing hexagonal and They got drunk and trottolfd it bravely, 
triangular meshes. 4. A metallic roller or pul- *<*" A'ortt, Examen, p. 101. (Danes.) 
ley arranged to travel over, upon, and in contact trollop (trol'op), c. i. [An extension of trull 1 ; 
with an electric conductor suspended overhead, for the termination, cf . wallop, gallop. Cf . froJ- 
andeonnectedwithaflexibleconductororatrol- lop, n.] 1. To draggle; hang in a wet state. 
ley-pole for conveying the current into the mo- 2. To walk or work in a slovenly manner. Wedg- 
tor circuit on an electric car, as in many electric wood. [Scotch in both senses.] 
street-railway s.-Honlton trolley, Honiton lace trollop (trol'op), n. [< trollop, r.] 1. A loose, 
made with a trolleyjrround. It was one of the earliest hanging rag. [Scotch.] 2. A woman who is 
forms of this lace. Trolley system, the system of elec- 
trical railway In which the current is taken from the 
conductor by means of a small wheel or trolley. The 
conductor or insulated electrode is usually suspended 
overhead above the cars. Trolley-thread, in late-mak- 
\ng, one of the thick threads forming the border of the 
pa'ttern in trolley-lace. 
trolley-pole (trol'i-pol), . In electric rail., 
a pole, carrying a conducting wire, connected 
slovenly iif dress, appearance, or habits; a 
slattern ; a draggletau ; also, a woman morally 
loose. 
Does It not argue rather the lascivious promptness? 
of his own fancy, who from the harmelesae mention of a 
Sleekstone could neigh out the remembrance of his old 
conversation among the Viraginlsn trollops t 
MOtan, Apology for Smectymnnns. 
He ... fnrf and baits him with a nobler prey. 
llautmnnii. Works, IV. 
408 
viii. 
wi'th a streot-railway car by a universal joint, trollopeet (trol-o-pe'), n. [< trollop + -ee?.] A 
and having at the upper end a trolley for con- loose dress for women. 
