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Piscatory :: Piscatory (a.) Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing.

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

Toggery :: Toggery (n.) Clothes; garments; dress; as, fishing toggery..

Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..

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..

Spilliard Fishing :: Spillet fishing () Alt. of Spilliard fishin.

Spoon :: Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait..

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.

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

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..

Drag :: Drag (v. t.) A net, or an apparatus, to be drawn along the bottom under water, as in fishing, searching for drowned persons, etc..

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

Piscation :: Piscation (n.) Fishing; fishery.

Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..

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..

Wherry :: Wherry (n.) A passenger barge or lighter plying on rivers; also, a kind of light, half-decked vessel used in fishing..

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..

Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel..

Rod :: Rod (n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.

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