Definition of fishing

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Fishing (n.) The act, practice, or art of one who fishes..

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Bolter :: Bolter (n.) A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.
Toggery :: Toggery (n.) Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery..
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..
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..
Donax :: Donax (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc..
Dobber :: Dobber (n.) A float to a fishing line.
Spillikin :: Spilliard fishing () A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing..
Angling :: Angling (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
Spillet Fishing :: Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
Fishing :: Fishing (n.) A fishery.
Bethabara Wood :: Bethabara wood () A highly elastic wood, used for fishing rods, etc. The tree is unknown, but it is thought to be East Indian..
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..
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..
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..
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream..
Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A fishing line, often extending a mile or more, having many short lines bearing hooks attached to it. It is used for catching cod, halibut, etc.; a boulter..
Gad :: Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with..
Cobble :: Cobble (n.) A fishing boat. See Coble.
Lurker :: Lurker (n.) A small fishing boat.
Scalloping :: Scalloping (n.) Fishing for scallops.
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