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A person who stands on a rock or eminence to observe shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass.
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Alternative spelling of beanpole [A thin pole for supporting bean vines.]
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A bobber (buoyant fishing device).
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A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed.
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(US) A floating perforated box for living fish.
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A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water.
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A wickerwork basket (kipe) or other enclosure for catching fish.
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(fishing) A container (basket, wooden box with holes etc.) used to store live fish underwater.
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(countable, fishing) Implements used in catching fish, such as net, line, or hook. Modern use primarily in whaling, as in harpoons, hand-lances, etc. .
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A pen or enclosure of stakes and hurdles for holding fish.
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(Scottish) a natural or man-made protrusion or jetty projecting on a river and used to manage river fisheries, providing an obstacle to slow down current, a shelter for fish, a funnel to net them, and a platform to cast from.
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(countable) The scent-path left by dragging a fox, or some other substance such as aniseed, for training hounds to follow scents.
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(fishing) One who takes part in drift fishing.
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(UK) The pole used to launch the beer-soaked cloth in the game of dwile flonking.
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A spear with barbed forks for spearing eels.
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A Native American seasonal camp for the purpose of catching fish and and smoking them.
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A square box with a hole in the bottom, used in ice fishing.
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A contraption, often built in stream or tidal flats, that can serve both as a fish trap and a fish pen.
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A dam or weir in a river for raising fish.
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Temporary structure for ice fishing
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A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
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To pick up or pull something or someone from (a body of water).
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Alternative spelling of fishpond [A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food]
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Alternative form of fishhouse [A business located at the water's edge that provides support to fishermen and which buys and then processes and onsells their catch.]
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Alternative spelling of fishpond [A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food]
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(rare) Alternative form of fish trap [A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.]
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Alternative form of fish camp [(US, regional) A restaurant serving fried seafood.]
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A vessel (boat or ship) used for fishing.
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A temporary shelter belonging to an individual fisherman for use while ice fishing.
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A freshwater pond stocked with fish; especially one formerly attached to a monastery etc as a source of food
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A pool of water containing fish; fishpond.
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A wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
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A structure built on or around dams or locks to facilitate the migration of fish.
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An obstruction placed in tidal waters, or wholly or partially across a river, to trap fish or hinder their passage.
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A trap for catching flies.
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(chiefly Australia) A type of screening used to exclude flies and other insects.
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(obsolete) A kind of weir made from wattled branches for catching fish.
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(ornithology, hunting) A large funnel-shaped trap constructed of netting or wire mesh and intended to trap ducks, geese, etc.
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Alternative spelling of gaff (“place of residence, house”) [A tool consisting of a large metal hook with a handle or pole, especially the one used to pull large fish aboard a boat.]
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Alternative form of gaffman [An angler's assistant who uses a gaff (tool for landing large fish).]
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A net for covering fruit trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds.
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A dam or weir for catching fish.
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(transitive) To spear (fish, etc.) with a gig or fizgig.
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(intransitive) To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
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(transitive, intransitive, now Southeastern US) To catch fish by reaching into the water with one's hand.
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(transitive) To catch fish by groping. Used with out.
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(fishing, Shetland, Scotland) the open sea, especially as a place to fish
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A mesh cage-like structure placed in the water to hold fish.
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A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.
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A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially a rabbit.
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A latticework contrivance for catching fish.
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(informal) The ocean, especially the Atlantic or the English Channel.
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A kind of fishweir resembling a wattle or fence.
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A box or pen suspended in water to keep aquatic animals alive.
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A well in a fishing boat where fish are kept alive.
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(ornithology) A maypole-like structure of sticks placed about a sapling in the bowers of certain species of bowerbird.
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(Isle of Man) A fishing float made from animal skin.
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Alternative form of mossbanker [A fish; a menhaden.]
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(dated) Alternative spelling of net (remaining after expenses or deductions). [(obsolete) Good, desirable; clean, decent, clear.]
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Alternative form of Nordcaper [A type of baleen whale from the North Atlantic (Balaena mysticetus or Balaena biscayensis).]
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(rare) A pond where fish are fed.
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(Australia) a particular type of crab pot with netting supported by two curved structures on top.
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(obsolete) A net; a noose.
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A place formally allotted for fishing
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(informal) A pike (fish).
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To catch (a fish, eel, etc) via a pot.
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a blunt tool, used for quickly stunning and killing fish
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A fish-trap in the form of a conical basket, traditionally used in parts of Great Britain, where they are set out in rows against the tide.
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Alternative form of rypeck [(UK, dialect) A pole used to move a punt while fishing.]
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Alternative form of rypeck [(UK, dialect) A pole used to move a punt while fishing.]
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Alternative form of rypeck [(UK, dialect) A pole used to move a punt while fishing.]
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(UK, dialect) A pole used to move a punt while fishing.
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A fisherman whose pay consists of a share of the profits.
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(UK, regional) One of the rods on which fish are placed to drain before being smoked.
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(transitive) To catch by fishing with a concave spoon bait.
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(fishing) An oblong, concave lure, usually of metal or shell, shaped like the bowl of a spoon.
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(fishing) A spoon (type of fishing lure).
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To press out the ripe roe or milt from fishes, for artificial fecundation.
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A box for the storage of fishing tackle.
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(fishing) The downstream section of a pool where the water gets shallower and faster before forming a riffle.
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To nibble at bait (of a fish) on a hook.
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(transitive) To catch fish in the hand (usually in rivers or smaller streams) by manually stimulating the fins.
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(UK, dialect, Cornwall) A tray or trough for washing fish.
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Alternative form of tramel [A net over a river to catch fish.]
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A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
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One who uses a trammel net.
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(archaic) A fisherman who uses trinks.
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(transitive) To angle for with a trolling line, or with a hook drawn along the surface of the water; hence, to allure.
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A spike attached to a cord or rod, used for catching sea turtles.
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(fisheries) A barrel nearly full of split mackerel, loosely put in, and afterward filled with salt water in order to soak the blood from the fish before salting.
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A fence placed across a river to catch fish.
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(UK dialectal) A fish basket.
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(Northern England, Scotland) An enclosure for catching salmon as the tide ebbs.
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