Definition of fishing

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Fishing (n.) A fishery.

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Boulter :: Boulter (n.) A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached..
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait..
Pykar :: Pykar (n.) An ancient English fishing boat.
Cog :: Cog (n.) A small fishing boat.
Spillet Fishing :: Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.
Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing..
Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..
Ground :: Ground (n.) Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region; territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground..
Drop :: Drop (n.) To cause to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy..
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..
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)..
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..
Scalloping :: Scalloping (n.) Fishing for scallops.
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..
Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream..
Donax :: Donax (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc..
Bultow :: Bultow (n.) A trawl; a boulter; the mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
Trawler :: Trawler (n.) A fishing vessel which trails a net behind it.
Expiscation :: Expiscation (n.) The act of expiscating; a fishing.
Trink :: Trink (n.) A kind of fishing net.
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