Definition of fishing

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

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Smack :: Smack (n.) A small sailing vessel, commonly rigged as a sloop, used chiefly in the coasting and fishing trade..
Water Gavel :: Water gavel () A gavel or rent paid for a privilege, as of fishing, in some river or water..
Drag :: Drag (v. t.) To draw slowly or heavily onward; to pull along the ground by main force; to haul; to trail; -- applied to drawing heavy or resisting bodies or those inapt for drawing, with labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing..
Haaf :: Haaf (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles..
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..
Skipper :: Skipper (n.) The master of a fishing or small trading vessel; hence, the master, or captain, of any vessel..
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..
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.
Piscation :: Piscation (n.) Fishing; fishery.
Lurker :: Lurker (n.) A small fishing boat.
Ligger :: Ligger (n.) A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a..
Fare :: Fare (v.) The catch of fish on a fishing vessel.
Gad :: Gad (n.) A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with..
Whiffing :: Whiffing (n.) A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollack, mackerel, and the like..
Barque :: Barque (n.) Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind..
Netting :: Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc..
Fishery :: Fishery (n.) The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.
Rod :: Rod (n.) A support for a fishing line; a fish pole.
Pirl :: Pirl (v. t.) To twist or twine, as hair in making fishing lines..
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