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(usually capitalized) A wide evenly curved fishhook.
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A simple J-shaped hook used in fishing.
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(fishing) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs.
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(uncountable) A Mediterranean fishing technique for catching Atlantic bluefin tuna consisting of suspending nets in walls that guide the fish to a central net trap where they are caught for slaughter.
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A type of fish trap made by piling rocks underwater.
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A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
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A person who fishes with a hook and line.
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(fishing, East Anglia) A bait for eels, consisting of a bundle of live worms.
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(East Anglia, fishing) A fisherman using babs (“baits consisting of bundles of live worms”) to catch eels.
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(fishing) An additional weight on a fishing line, to ensure that the line rests on the bed of the lake.
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(fishing) To fish by trolling with the boat's motor in reverse, minimising movement of the boat.
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(fishing) One who fishes by backtrolling.
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A means of collecting larvae from a fecal sample suspended in water, in which they sink to the bottom.
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(transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
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A roughly spherical, very dense school of bait (prey) fish.
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(fishing) A small, typically radio-controlled, craft that distributes bait to a region thought to contain fish
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(fishing) a box used to keep bait
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(fishing) To place bait on fishing tackle preparatory to fishing.
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A fine cord or line that fastens fishing bait to the hook.
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(fishing) A baitcasting reel.
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(fishing) A form of casting in which the weight of the bait pulls the fishing line off of the spool (subject to some control by thumb pressure)
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(fishing) Fish that can be caught using bait.
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(fishing) A small type of fishing hook.
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(fishing) A hook that can be baited.
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(fishing) A shop that sells bait for anglers.
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Any of various types of worm used as fishing bait
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(fishing) The rope by which fishing nets are fastened together.
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(fishing) A heavy fishing line that can be left unattended to catch fish, having one end on the bank and the other anchored underwater.
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(New Zealand, Australia) Material (frequently rancid) used as bait to attract fish or other organisms.
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(neologism) A crossover hobby combining bicycling into the wilderness and fishing in remote lakes or rivers.
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A float used by anglers to tell when a fish has taken the bait
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(fishing) A fish that tends to take bait.
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(fishing) A buoyant device (frequently made of cork) attached to a line so as to suspend the end of the line with the hook (and bait or lure) above the bottom.
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(fishing) The fly at the end of the leader.
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(fishing) A bait made from a paste of various ingredients mixed with eggs as a binder and then boiled to harden it.
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A kind of fishing line; a boulter.
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Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.
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Alternative form of bottom fishing [Fishing with bait, lines, and other gear used to catch aquatic creatures which inhabit the lowest regions of a body of water, including a seabed or riverbed.]
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A long, stout fishing line with many hooks attached.
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A trap for lobsters, consisting of a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.
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A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the bow of the boat.
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A device for unloading large quantities of fish, consisting of a net of small-mesh webbing attached to a frame.
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The tail of a deer, traditionally used as a fishing lure.
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(fishing) A plumb or sinker.
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The mode of fishing with a boulter or spiller.
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Alternative spelling of bycatch [Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.]
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Any fish (or other creatures) that are not targeted as a catch but are unintentionally caught, and often discarded back into the sea.
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(fishing) A fishing rig resembling the Texas rig, but with the weight fixed above the hook, instead of sliding down to it.
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(fishing) An instance of throwing out a fishing line.
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a (usually weighted) fishing net that is thrown and then pulled back via an attached line
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Alternative spelling of casting net [Synonym of cast net]
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(fishing) A variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure.
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A type of fish or other seafood which has been caught and brought to market within more-or-less the last 24 hours.
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(fishing) a fishing reel consisting of a revolving drum with attached handles
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(fishing) Any form of bread used as bait to reel in a chub.
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(fishing) A type of fish lure or fly that makes a popping or chugging sound when twitched.
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(fishing, transitive, intransitive) To cast chum into the water to attract fish.
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A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.
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Alternative form of clap net [A net for catching birds or insects, which can be drawn closed by pulling a string.]
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One who fishes with a cleek, or large hook.
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(fishing, UK, Scotland) A gaff or hook for landing the fish, as in salmon fishing.
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(fishing) A stick-like tool used to strike the surface of the water and produce a sound that causes nearby fish to attack the bait.
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(fishing, dated) An angler's artificial fly.
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The narrow end of a trawling net
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Synonym of caddisworm when used as fishing bait
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(Georgia, colloquial) To fish by noodling, by feeling for large fish in underwater holes.
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(fishing) To position one's drift net just outside of another person's net, thereby intercepting and catching all the fish that would have gone into that person's net.
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Alternative form of corkline [(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.]
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(fishing) The top line of a gillnet, which has attached floats (often, but not always, made of cork) that give that edge of the net buoyancy.
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(fishing) A kind of fishing lure.
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(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.
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(literally) To chop up fish bait for use.
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(fishing) A fishing line made from linen threads twisted together.
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A kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end.
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(fishing) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.
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(obsolete) A net for catching small birds.
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(fishing) To present the lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allow the bait to remain motionless for an extended period before retrieval.
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One who fishes with a dip net.
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Alternative form of dip netter [One who fishes with a dip net.]
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Alternative form of dip net [Synonym of hand net]
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One who fishes with a dip net.
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(US, dialect) A sinker attached to a fishing line.
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(fishing) A device used to remove a hook from the mouth of a fish
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(US, regional) A float (as used by an angler).
adj
(Britain, of tuna or other seafood) caught using fishing nets that lessen the chances of killing dolphins.
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A form of sonar that utilizes the Doppler effect to detect moving underwater objects; used especially by fishermen
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(fishing) The catching of a single fish simultaneously by two fishermen when fishing together.
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(fishing) A kind of artificial fly used in fly fishing.
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(fishing) A large reel of heavily weighted steel wire fishing line used to fish with trolled bait at great depths.
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(fishing) Fishing with a downrigger.
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(intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.
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(possibly archaic) The act of drawing in a net for fish.
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Alternative form of dragnet [(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.]
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A fisherman who uses a dragnet.
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(fishing) A net dragged across the bottom of a body of water.
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Synonym of anaconda mortgage
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One who drags a body of water in search of something that is submerged.
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(fishing) A hook with a lead shank.
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A mayfly used as fishing bait.
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(archaic) A net for catching the larger sorts of birds.
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An iron frame, with a fine net attached, used in collecting animals living at the bottom of the sea.
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fishing with a drift net
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(fishing) A very long fishing net, supported by floats, that drifts with the current behind a fishing boat
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To fish using a drift net
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A long, vertical fishing line having a series of hooks.
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(fishing) A fishing net suspended from a boom, to be suddenly dropped on a passing shoal of fish.
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(fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.
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(whaling) Alternative form of drogue [(whaling) A floating object attached to the end of a harpoon line to slow a whale down and prevent it from diving.]
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(fishing) A fly used in fly fishing, designed to float in or on the surface of the water
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(intransitive) to fish with stakes and nets that serve to prevent the fish from getting back into the sea with the ebb
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One who fishes under bridges.
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A device for catching eels.
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A place where eels are caught.
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To take part in electrofishing.
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(fishing) The form of an aquatic insect that is hatching or emerging; used in fly fishing.
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(fishing) A chair fixed to the deck of a boat in which one sits to reel in a struggling fish when sea fishing.
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(fishing, transitive) To use as bait when fishing.
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A beam one of whose sides (commonly the underside) swells out like the belly of a fish.
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(idiomatic) To make a decision, especially after a period of delay; to either take action now or forgo the opportunity.
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(US, Canada, dialect) A net attached to stakes, for catching fish; a weir.
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A contraption made of wires, rods, fishing-net or other suitable materials with the purpose of catching fish alive.
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A basket used by anglers to carry caught fish.
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(of fishing equipment) Able to be used for fishing.
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(fishing) An electronic device that uses sonar to measure water depth and shows outlines of fish and bottom features on a LCD or CRT screen
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(fishing) The location of fish by means of a fishfinder device.
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a barbed hook, usually metal, used for fishing
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fishing, expedition. (an outing for catching fish)
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An area of water used for fishing (usually a sea area).
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A (generally barbed) sharp curved implement used to catch fish using a line.
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A cord or line where the hook or lure is attached.
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A pole used for fishing.
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A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.
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A type of earthworm that burrows into the soil and contributes to its aeration; used as bait by anglers.
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(prison slang) The practice of attaching an object to a string so as to pass it illicitly from one prison cell to another.
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The knowledge, stories, and traditions associated with angling or fishing.
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(countable) A net used to catch fish.
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A worm used as bait in angling.
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(fishing) A spear with a barb on the end of it, used for catching fish, frogs, or other small animals; a type of harpoon.
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(fishing) A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.
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Alternative form of flap doodle [(fishing) A spinner blade attached to a fly at the bend of the hook.]
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(fisheries) A large boneless fillet of halibut, swordfish or tuna.
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(fishing) A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it float on the water.
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(fishing) An angler who uses a weighted hook that pierces the fish's mouth from the outside.
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(fishing, uncountable) The use of a weighted hook that pierces the fish's mouth from the outside.
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(fishing) A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
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A box in which a fly fisherman keeps his flies
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(fishing) a form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast the lure, i.e. the fly
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(fishing) A line for angling with an artificial fly.
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Alternative spelling of flyrod [a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly]
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To fish using a fly (fishing lure) as bait.
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Alternative spelling of flyrod [a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly]
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(fishing) A small case for holding fishing flies.
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Alternative form of fly fishing [(fishing) a form of angling whereby the weight of the line is used to cast the lure, i.e. the fly]
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A piece of leather etc. attached to a stick to be swung to drive away flies.
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(fishing) One who makes artificial flies for use in fishing.
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(fishing) In fly fishing, a lure imitating an insect that is not yet a fly but no longer a nymph.
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A net to catch flies or used as a protection against flies, as in an open window to prevent their entrance.
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a thin, flexible fishing rod designed to cast an artificial fly
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An angler who fishes with a flyrod.
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A kind of net used to catch birds.
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(fishing) To fish with a simple hook and bait, without floats, sinkers, etc.
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(transitive, intransitive, fishing) To release the fishing line freely from its spool, not under tension.
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(fishing) A type of fish-trap consisting of tubular nets that are supported by hoops.
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(fishing) A stonefly nymph used as bait.
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The process of landing a fish with a gaff.
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An angler's assistant who uses a gaff (tool for landing large fish).
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(fishing) Fish deemed suitable for the sport of angling, as opposed to those caught primarily for food.
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(transitive) To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
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(fishing) A short line attached to a trawl.
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(fishing) A maggot used as bait by anglers.
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Fishing gear that is lost, abandoned, or deliberately discarded into the ocean, thence becoming a major marine pollutant.
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A fishing net discarded or lost in the ocean, capable of entangling marine life below the surface.
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A hooked prolongation on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout.
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(transitive) To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
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To fish using a gillnet.
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One who fishes using a gillnet.
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A stick or device for removing the hook from a fish's gullet.
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A kind of fishing lure, usually bright yellow.
adj
(figuratively, by extension) Absentminded.
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(fishing) A primitive device used instead of a hook to catch fish, consisting of an object that is easy to swallow but difficult to eject or loosen, such as a piece of bone or stone pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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(fishing) trolling with a dead bait on a double hook which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge
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(fishing) Two hooks separated by a piece of lead.
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(obsolete) A method of fishing using a line with several hooks fastened to it along with a lead weight so that the hooks sit on the bottom.
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angling with a weighted line without a float
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Fishing bait that is cast into the water, rather than secured to a hook, in order to attract fish to the fishing area - it is often used in coarse fishing.
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(fishing) To fish for groundfish
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(fishing, Shetland) the practice of sea fishing for such as cod, ling and tusk
adj
(fishing, in combination) Having a hackle or feather of a specified kind.
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(fishing) A piece of tackle allowing the bait to be linked to the hook by a thread rather than directly mounted on the hook.
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A fishing line made from hair.
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(fishing) A fishing boat used for catching halibut.
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a fisherman who places a net to catch fish in the retreating tide
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A small net that is equipped with a handle and attached to a rim so that the net forms a pouch. This kind of net is used, eg, for trapping butterflies or individual fish.
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(fishing) To fish with a single fishing line held in the hands.
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A person who fishes using a handline.
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(fishing) A traditional artificial fly imitating an aquatic insect larva, used in fly fishing.
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(fishing) To remove the head from a fish.
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(fishing) A lure designed to mimic a hellgramite.
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(fishing) an artificial fly made with this barb
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(fishing) A vertical pole used in commercial fishing to locate the beginning and end of a long fishing line.
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A barbed metal hook used for fishing; a fishhook.
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A wire ring that holds a fly-fishing fishhook in place while rigged.
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(fishing) A sharp motion made with a fishing rod in order to "set" the hook firmly into the mouth of the fish that has taken the bait.
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(fishing) The action of making a hookset.
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An artificial fishing lure.
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The practice of fishing through a hole cut in the ice.
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(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a hook molded into a weight, usually with a bright or colorful body.
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(fishing) A device used by fishermen to set their nets under the ice of frozen lakes.
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A fishhook with an incorporated moulded weighting mass of metal or plastic below the eye.
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(fishing) a variety of trotline utilizing an empty jug (such as a bleach jug) as a float at one end of the line, the other end either free-floating or anchored with a weight.
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(nautical) A net strung on wire hoops and sealed at one end, suspended in water by anglers to keep alive the fish they have caught.
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A club used for killing fish.
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An osier basket used for catching fish.
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Alternative form of klondyker (“type of fishing boat”) [A ship involved in klondyking.]
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Alternative form of creel [(fishing) An osier basket that anglers use to hold fish.]
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(fishing) A spear or harpoon used by whalers and fishermen.
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(fishing) A fishnet mounted on a ring which is connected to a handle, used by anglers to secure a catch when pulling it out of the water by the line to which it is hooked.
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A fishing net used for catching salmon
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(fishing) A tree fallen in water, where anglers might target fish.
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(fishing) A net for leading fish into a pound, weir, etc.
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(fishing) A weighted line for holding down the lower edge of a gillnet.
v
(transitive, fishing) To use (a certain type of bait) in bottom fishing.
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(fishing) Fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc.
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(fishing) A fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; a ligger.
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Alternative form of ledger line [(fishing) A fishing line used with ledger bait for bottom fishing; a ligger.]
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(fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon.
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(fishing) A large mechanically-operated fishing net with a cantilever, left underwater before being raised again to retrieve the catch.
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(fishing) A baited fishing line attached to a float, for night fishing, etc.
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A fishing line that dangles from the limb of an overhanging tree.
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A fisherman that uses a line baited with hooks
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fishing using a line baited with hooks
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Alternative form of line fisher [A fisherman that uses a line baited with hooks]
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Alternative form of line fishing [fishing using a line baited with hooks]
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Technique for hooking a fish
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(fishing) A maneuver in which a fish is hooked by a curled finger inserted under the gill cover and extending to the fish's jaw.
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A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
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A type of commercial fishing using a very long line with many baited hooks attached along its length.
v
To fish with a line of this kind.
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(nautical) A fisherman or fishing boat that uses longlines.
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(US) Anything, especially a sport fish, that is especially large for its type; a whopper.
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(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
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(fishing) A large fish pound used for the capture of tuna in the Mediterranean, now a forbidden practice in places.
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The hobby of searching outdoor waters for ferromagnetic objects by means of a strong magnet.
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(fishing) In longline fishing the central line to which the branch lines with baits are attached.
v
To catch or enmesh (fish) by the head in a seine.
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(fishing) any bait or lure designed to resemble a midge
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A net worn around the head and face to keep off insects.
v
(fishing) To fish (especially for trout) using a minnow as bait.
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A net, made from fine strands that are nearly invisible, used to catch birds so that they may be ringed or studied.
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Alternative form of mist net [A net, made from fine strands that are nearly invisible, used to catch birds so that they may be ringed or studied.]
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(aquaculture) A length of monofilament line, used for culturing forms of seaweed.
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A fine net, placed around a bed, in a window opening, etc., to provide protection against mosquitoes and other insects, and the diseases carried by them.
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A device made from such mesh, used for catching fish, butterflies, etc.
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A weapon designed to fire a net which entangles the target, used e.g. for capturing wildlife.
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Either of the upright posts used to suspend the net, in games like tennis and volleyball.
adj
Capable of being caught with a net.
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(fishing) A fishing line set out to catch fish overnight.
v
(fishing) To catch (fish (usually very large catfish), turtles, or other aquatic animals) with the hands; also, to catch (fish) using a gaff or fishing spear; to gaff.
n
(fishing) A practitioner of noodling.
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A short piece of line used to attach fishing hooks, lines and nets.
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(fishing) The northern pike.
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(fishing) fly fishing using a nymph
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(fishing) A period of time when it is legal to commercially fish.
v
(transitive) To catch bigger (or more) fish than.
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(fishing) A setline or trotline.
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(fishing) The upper portion of a jig or lure.
v
To fish too much using nets.
n
(Jamaica, fishing) A fishing tool comprising numerous small lines with hooks.
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The process of fishing for panfish.
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(fishing) A tackle rig with a heavy sinker at the end of the line, and one or more hooks on traces at right angles spaced above the sinker.
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(fishing gear) A trawl that goes through the water column rather than on the bottom.
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tourism centred on fishing
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A type of fishing lure shaped like a small fish, sometimes jointed.
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(fishing) A type of fishing lure consisting of a metal bar with a treble hook attached.
n
(dated) The capture of fishes, as by angling.
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(fishing) A type of lure consisting of a rigid, buoyant or semi-buoyant body and one or more hooks.
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(fishing) An angler who throws bait into the water and waits on the shore, rather than fishing from a boat.
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A kind of small net for the recapture of aquatic organisms in scientific studies.
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(fishing) A floating lure designed to splash when the fishing line is twitched.
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A kind of fishing net, having a large enclosure with a narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings spreading outward.
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The practice of laying harmless bait so that vermin or fish become accustomed to it, prior to laying poisoned or hooked bait
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(fishing) A spinnerbait.
v
Of a fish, to walk along the seafloor using its fins as limbs.
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A mechanized winch used to haul nets on fishing vessels, easier to manipulate than a purse seine.
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A kind of fishing net that can be closed like a purse.
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(fishing) A fishing seine having a purse cable which acts as a draw string for the bottom of the net allowing entire schools of fish to be enclosed and brought up.
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A fishing net designed to be pushed through shallow waters to catch shrimps and small fish.
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A wire trap for catching salmon.
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A flexible tip to a fishing rod that bends when a fish takes the bait
v
(fishing, transitive) To bring (a fish etc.) out of the water by winding the reel.
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(law, Old English law) fishing
n
(fishing) A fishing line that is not wound on a reel.
n
(fishing) A stand for holding various items of angling equipment while it is in use.
n
(fishing) Any of the rings along a fishing rod through which the line runs.
adv
Alternative form of hook, line and sinker
n
angling with a fishing rod
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One who uses a fishing rod; an angler.
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A large net placed horizontally beneath performing aerialists such as trapeze artists or tightrope walkers, intended to catch a performer who falls and to protect him or her from harm.
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(fishing) A large lift net used in Asia.
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A fishing boat used for catching sardines.
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A fishing net for catching minnows, etc.
n
A long rope, cable, or other line that is used to frighten fish into an area where they are more easily caught using other gear.
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Alternative form of scare line [A long rope, cable, or other line that is used to frighten fish into an area where they are more easily caught using other gear.]
n
(US, fishing) A juvenile gamefish (especially striped bass) at a stage where it tends to swim with others in schools rather than stay to itself.
n
A line used for fishing in deep water.
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(fishing) The cord or rope at the margin of a seine, to which the meshes of the net are attached.
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Alternative form of seine [A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.]
n
(fishing) A line fastening a fish-hook.
n
(fishing) A dry fly used in fly fishing, designed to resemble a sedge or caddis fly.
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Archaic spelling of seine. [A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.]
n
A long net having floats attached at the top and sinkers (weights) at the bottom, used in shallow water for catching fish.
v
To fish using a set net.
n
One who fishes using a set net.
n
The practice of fishing with a set net.
v
Alternative form of set net [To fish using a set net.]
n
Alternative form of set netter [One who fishes using a set net.]
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Alternative form of set netting [The practice of fishing with a set net.]
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Alternative form of set net [A fishing net that is used by securing it to a fixed underwater framework.]
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Alternative form of set netter [One who fishes using a set net.]
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Alternative form of set netting [The practice of fishing with a set net.]
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(fishing) Bait that can be picked up at sea.
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The center part of a fishhook between the eye and the hook, the 'hook' being the curved part that bends toward the point.
n
A net erected around a coastal swimming area to stop sharks entering.
n
(US, regional) A knowledgeable fisherman.
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(fisheries) A cast of one or more nets.
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A small-meshed net, on a hoop and pole, for catching shrimp.
n
A boat used in fishing for shrimp.
n
(fishing) A restriction on using the right to catch a certain number of fish that was granted in relation to a different fishery.
v
(fishing) To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
n
(fishing) A chemical agent applied to a fly to make it sink instead of floating on the water.
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(fishing) A weight used in fishing to cause the line or net to sink.
n
A fishing rod used with skis
n
(fishing) A game used to practice fishing skills, involving casting a small lead weight at a series of targets.
n
(fishing) Bait made of pieces of small fish. Compare kibblings.
v
(fishing) To fish by means of dragging a large hook or hooks on a line, intending to impale the body (rather than the mouth) of the target.
n
(fishing) A fishing hook consisting of several hooks radiating from a centre.
n
(fishing) A form of tackle that combines a snap and a swivel.
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A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook or lure is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line.
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A short line of horsehair, gut, monofilament, etc., by which a fishhook is attached to a longer (and usually heavier) line; a snell.
n
(US, fishing) A combination of two hooks which close upon each other, by means of a spring, as soon as the fish bites.
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A form of fishing in which the fisherman attempts to impale the fish upon a spear, which may be thrust or thrown by hand or with a spear gun.
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A square chamber that serves as the section of an industrial fishing net from which captured fish can easily be moved to a fishing boat.
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A long fishing line with multiple hooks; a trawl or boulter.
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Alternative form of spillet [A long fishing line with multiple hooks; a trawl or boulter.]
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To fish with a reel of this kind.
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(fishing) A type of lure consisting of wire, a rotating blade, a weighted body, and one or more hooks.
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(fishing) A kind of fishing lure with spinning blades that create varying degrees of flash and vibration mimicking the movement of a fish.
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(fishing) A long, flexible fishing rod with guide rings and a mounting bracket for a spinning reel.
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(fishing) A type of lead shot cut part-way through the diameter, used as a line weight in angling.
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(fishing) To fish using a spod.
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(fishing) A kind of fishing lure.
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(fishing) The use of the spoonplug lure.
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fish providing sport for an angler
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Alternative form of sportfishing [fishing for pleasure or competition, as opposed to commercial fishing]
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(fishing) An angler's snap-hook or spear-hook.
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(fishing) A fishing net that closes by means of a spring.
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(fishing) The larva of the common housefly; used as bait
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A fishhook with a piece of bright lead, bone, or other substance fastened on its shank to imitate a squid.
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A system of tethered sticks, loaded with squid flesh, that is used to assay the presence of predators in water
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A form of fishing net hung on stakes.
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(obsolete) A kind of fishing net.
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A gillnet boat that deploys the net from the stern of the boat.
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(fishing) The amount of fishing line resting on the water surface before a cast; line stick.
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(fishing) A form of bait composed of malodorous ingredients, designed to attract fish (primarily catfish) that hunt by scent.
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(fishing) In fly fishing, a variety of wet fly designed to mimic a minnow.
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(fishing) A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
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(fishing) The striped bass, Morone saxatilis, a popular sport fish native to North America
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(fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend to attract fish
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(fishing) A fishing line made from technologically advanced materials and having desirable features such as small diameter, great strength, and lack of stretch.
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The practice of fishing by casting a line into the sea from the shore.
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A net that embraces a large compass.
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Alternative form of sweep net [A net that embraces a large compass.]
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(fishing) A kind of fishing lure that imitates a swimming fish.
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(fishing) The upward rushing of a fish through the water to take the bait.
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(fishing) A small, usually ball- or barrel-shaped device used in angling to connect sections of fishing lines, consisting of two rings linked via a thrust bearing pivot joint.
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(fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
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A business that sells fishing equipment for angling such as rods, reels, lines, lures, etc.
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(fishing) A fish bottom-feeding in shallow water with its tail out of the water.
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(in the plural) An instrument consisting essentially of an iron bar to which are attached swabs, or bundles of frayed rope, or other similar substances, used to capture starfishes, sea urchins, and other similar creatures living at the bottom of the sea.
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(fishing) Gear that is attached to the end of a fishing line.
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(fishing) A fishing rig involving a bullet-shaped weight threaded onto the fishing line, followed by an optional bead and then the hook.
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(fishing) In fly fishing, the part of the leader that attaches to the fly.
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(usually in the plural) A net or snare; any thread, web, or string spread for taking prey.
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A set of specially arranged fishing nets used to catch bluefin tuna.
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(fishing) The tail of an artificial fly.
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Describing an angling lure or bait that floats near or on the surface of the water
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A way of catching fish at night with torchlight and spear.
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A net pulled through the water to collect objects or specimens; a dragnet.
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A net over a river to catch fish.
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A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
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A net or dragnet used for trawling.
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Capable of being fished by trawling.
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A boat used in fishing with trawls or trawlnets.
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A fisherman who uses a trawl net.
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A fisherman on a trawler.
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One who fishes by trawling.
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A kind of fishing net; a trawl.
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(rare) A cable connecting a trawl net to a trawler.
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(fishing) A fishhook where three hooks share a single shank, each point separated by 120º.
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(fishing) A float bearing a baited hook and line, used in fishing for pike.
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(obsolete) A kind of fishing net that is attached to a post or anchor; set net.
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An instance of trolling, especially, in fishing, the trailing of a baited line.
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(fishing) A long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys).
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(fishing) An angler who fishes for trout.
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A net that is wide at the mouth and narrow at the other end.
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(fishing) A device that allows a captured sea turtle to escape when caught in a fishing net.
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A method of trawling in which the hooks are cleared and again baited in the same operation.
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(fishing) A type of lure which lies beneath the water surface.
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(fishing) An optional wrap that goes under the guide wrap on a fishing rod.
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(fishing) An almost vertical line that attaches a float to a bait that is resting on the bed of the river.
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(fishing) A float consisting of a thin tube of plastic with a line threaded through an eye at the bottom.
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An event of choppy waters accompanied by a feeding frenzy of walleyes
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(UK, dialectal) A stretch of fishing-lines shot in the water.
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A kind of trap for catching fish; a weely.
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A kind of trap or snare for fish, made of twigs.
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(fishing) A lure for fly fishing designed to be fished beneath the surface of the water.
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(fishing, Australia) Commercial line fishing that does not use a longline.
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A mode of fishing with a hand line for pollock, mackerel, etc.
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(New Zealand) One who fishes for whitebait.
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(fishing) A fishing lure made to resemble a prey fish and that wobbles in the water; plug, minnow.
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The activity of to wokefish
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(historical) A kind of fishing net, capable of catching many fish at a time.
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(fishing) A kind of fly used in fly fishing, resembling a wren's tail feather.
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