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

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

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..

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

Bolter :: Bolter (n.) A kind of fishing line. See Boulter.

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

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

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

Trawlboat :: Trawlboat (n.) A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.

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

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

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

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..

Ligger :: Ligger (n.) A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a..

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

Bob :: Bob (n.) A small piece of cork or light wood attached to a fishing line to show when a fish is biting; a float.

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..

Cobble :: Cobble (n.) A fishing boat. See Coble.

Trawl :: Trawl (n.) A large bag net attached to a beam with iron frames at its ends, and dragged at the bottom of the sea, -- used in fishing, and in gathering forms of marine life from the sea bottom..

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..

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