Definition of fishing

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

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Barque :: Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind..
Angler :: Angler (n.) A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc..
Spilliard Fishing :: Spillet fishing () Alt. of Spilliard fishin.
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing..
Fishing :: Fishing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fis.
Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream..
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..
Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast.
Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..
Boulter :: Boulter (n.) A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached..
Off :: Off (a.) Designating a time when one is not strictly attentive to business or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when affairs are not urgent; as, he took an off day for fishing: an off year in politics..
Trawler :: Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel..
Expiscation :: Expiscation (n.) The act of expiscating; a fishing.
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait..
Gad :: Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with..
Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..
Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like..
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..
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