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Fishing :: Fishing (n.) Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village..

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

Seining :: Seining (n.) Fishing with a seine.

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

Spillet Fishing :: Spiller (n.) A kind of fishing line with many hooks; a boulter.

Jigger :: "Jigger (n. & v.) A small fishing vessel, rigged like a yawl..

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

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..

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

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

Water Gavel :: Water gavel () A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water..

Sport :: Sport (n.) Diversion of the field, as fowling, hunting, fishing, racing, games, and the like, esp. when money is staked..

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..

Halieutics :: Halieutics (n.) A treatise upon fish or the art of fishing; ichthyology.

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)..

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..

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

Caravel :: Caravel (n.) A small fishing boat used on the French coast.

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..

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..

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