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Fish :: Fish (v. t.) To try with a fishing rod; to catch fish in; as, to fish a stream..

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

Donax :: Donax (n.) A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc..

Netting :: Netting (n.) The act or process of making nets or network, or of forming meshes, as for fancywork, fishing nets, etc..

Stalk-eyed :: Stalker (n.) A kind of fishing net.

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..

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

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

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

Trink :: Trink (n.) A kind of fishing net.

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

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

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

Dropper :: Dropper (n.) One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly..

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

Fishing :: Fishing (n.) A fishery.

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

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

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..

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..

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