Definition of fishing

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Fishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fis.

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Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland..
Imp :: Imp (n.) Something added to, or united with, another, to lengthen it out or repair it, -- as, an addition to a beehive; a feather inserted in a broken wing of a bird; a length of twisted hair in a fishing line..
Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like..
Angling :: Angling (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Scalloping :: Scalloping (n.) Fishing for scallops.
Water Gavel :: Water gavel () A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water..
Fishing :: Fishing (n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes..
Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl..
Lurker :: Lurker (n.) A small fishing boat.
Bultow :: Bultow (n.) A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
Tackling :: Tackling (n.) Instruments of action; as, fishing tackling..
Drop :: Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy..
Trawler :: Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Trawl :: Trawl (n.) 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..
Donax :: Donax (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc..
Toggery :: Toggery (n.) Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery..
Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing..
Tackle :: Tackle (n.) Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons..
Line :: Line (n.) A linen thread or string; a slender, strong cord; also, a cord of any thickness; a rope; a hawser; as, a fishing line; a line for snaring birds; a clothesline; a towline..
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