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Casting :: Casting (n.) The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing..

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..

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

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

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..

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

Fishing :: Fishing (n.) A fishery.

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..

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

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

Haaf :: Haaf (n.) The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles..

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

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

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..

Dobber :: Dobber (n.) A float to a fishing line.

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

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

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

Fly :: Fly (v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing..

Boulter :: Boulter (n.) A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached..

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