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Newfoundland :: Newfoundland (n.) An island on the coast of British North America, famed for the fishing grounds in its vicinity..

Cog :: Cog (n.) A small fishing boat.

Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..

Hooker :: Hooker (n.) A fishing boat with one mast, used on the coast of Ireland..

Expiscation :: Expiscation (n.) The act of expiscating; a fishing.

Scalloping :: Scalloping (n.) Fishing for scallops.

Coggle :: Coggle (n.) A small fishing boat.

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing..

Fare :: Fare (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.

Gad :: Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with..

Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing..

Dobber :: Dobber (n.) A float to a fishing line.

Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like..

Dragnet :: Dragnet (n.) A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing..

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..

Bultow :: Bultow (n.) A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.

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..

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)..

Boulter :: Boulter (n.) A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached..

Piscary :: Piscary (n.) The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.

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