Definition of fishing

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

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Angling :: Angling (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Haaf :: Haaf (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles..
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream..
Coggle :: Coggle (n.) A small fishing boat.
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..
Trawler :: Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A small fishing boat.
Lancewood :: Lancewood (n.) A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseae)..
Dobber :: Dobber (n.) A float to a fishing line.
Spillet Fishing :: Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
Newfoundland :: Newfoundland (n.) An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity..
Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland..
Well :: Well (v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of a fishing vessel, made tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market..
Coble :: Coble (n.) A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England..
Trawlboat :: Trawlboat (n.) A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
Sport :: Sport (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked..
Dragnet :: Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing..
Netting :: Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc..
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..
Fare :: Fare (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
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