| slovo | definícia |
fishing
(encz) | fishing,rybaření n: Zdeněk Brož |
fishing
(encz) | fishing,rybářství Zdeněk Brož |
fishing
(encz) | fishing,rybolov n: Zdeněk Brož |
Fishing
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, n.
1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.
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2. A fishery. --Spenser.
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Fishing
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fishing
(gcide) | Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fishing.]
1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish,
by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
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2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to
draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
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Any other fishing question. --Sir W.
Scott.
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fishing
(wn) | fishing
n 1: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion [syn:
fishing, sportfishing]
2: the occupation of catching fish for a living |
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fishing
(encz) | fishing,rybaření n: Zdeněk Brožfishing,rybářství Zdeněk Brožfishing,rybolov n: Zdeněk Brož |
fishing boat
(encz) | fishing boat,rybářský člun |
fishing eagle
(encz) | fishing eagle, n: |
fishing gear
(encz) | fishing gear, n: |
fishing ground
(encz) | fishing ground,rybářský revír [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
fishing licence
(encz) | fishing licence, n: |
fishing license
(encz) | fishing license, n: |
fishing line
(encz) | fishing line,vlasec n: Zdeněk Brož |
fishing net
(encz) | fishing net, n: |
fishing permit
(encz) | fishing permit, n: |
fishing pole
(encz) | fishing pole, |
fishing rig
(encz) | fishing rig, n: |
fishing rod
(encz) | fishing rod,rybářský prut Zdeněk Brož |
fishing season
(encz) | fishing season, n: |
fishing smack
(encz) | fishing smack, n: |
fishing tackle
(encz) | fishing tackle,rybářské náčiní Zdeněk Brož |
fishing vessel
(encz) | fishing vessel, n: |
fishing worm
(encz) | fishing worm, n: |
fly-fishing
(encz) | fly-fishing, |
longline fishing
(encz) | longline fishing,komerční rybolov pomocí mnoha návnad na jednom
vlasci n: [eko.] web |
overfishing
(encz) | overfishing, |
sportfishing
(encz) | sportfishing, n: |
surf fishing
(encz) | surf fishing, n: |
bultow fishing
(gcide) | Spillet fishing \Spil"let fish`ing\, Spilliard fishing
\Spil"liard fish`ing\,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing.
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fishing eagle
(gcide) | Fishhawk \Fish"hawk`\, n. (Zool.)
The osprey (Pandion halia["e]tus), found both in Europe and
America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and
seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and
bald buzzard.
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fishing expedition
(gcide) | fishing expedition \fishing expedition\ n.
An investigation searching for evidence of wrongdoing, with
no credible evidence of such wrongdoing available at the
outset of the investigation, and often without specifying in
advance the wrongdoing to be proven. [metaphorical]
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Fishing fly
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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fishing frog
(gcide) | Angler \An"gler\, n.
1. One who angles.
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2. (Zool.) 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.
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Fishing line
(gcide) | Fish \Fish\, n.; pl. Fishes (f[i^]sh"[e^]z), or collectively,
Fish. [OE. fisch, fisc, fis, AS. fisc; akin to D. visch,
OS. & OHG. fisk, G. fisch, Icel. fiskr, Sw. & Dan. fisk,
Goth. fisks, L. piscis, Ir. iasg. Cf. Piscatorial. In some
cases, such as fish joint, fish plate, this word has prob.
been confused with fish, fr. F. fichea peg.]
1. A name loosely applied in popular usage to many animals of
diverse characteristics, living in the water.
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2. (Zool.) An oviparous, vertebrate animal usually having
fins and a covering scales or plates. It breathes by means
of gills, and lives almost entirely in the water. See
Pisces.
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Note: The true fishes include the Teleostei (bony fishes),
Ganoidei, Dipnoi, and Elasmobranchii or Selachians
(sharks and skates). Formerly the leptocardia and
Marsipobranciata were also included, but these are now
generally regarded as two distinct classes, below the
fishes.
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3. pl. The twelfth sign of the zodiac; Pisces.
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4. The flesh of fish, used as food.
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5. (Naut.)
(a) A purchase used to fish the anchor.
(b) A piece of timber, somewhat in the form of a fish,
used to strengthen a mast or yard.
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Note: Fish is used adjectively or as part of a compound word;
as, fish line, fish pole, fish spear, fish-bellied.
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Age of Fishes. See under Age, n., 8.
Fish ball, fish (usually salted codfish) shared fine, mixed
with mashed potato, and made into the form of a small,
round cake. [U.S.]
Fish bar. Same as Fish plate (below).
Fish beam (Mech.), a beam one of whose sides (commonly the
under one) swells out like the belly of a fish. --Francis.
Fish crow (Zool.), a species of crow (Corvus ossifragus),
found on the Atlantic coast of the United States. It feeds
largely on fish.
Fish culture, the artifical breeding and rearing of fish;
pisciculture.
Fish davit. See Davit.
Fish day, a day on which fish is eaten; a fast day.
Fish duck (Zool.), any species of merganser.
Fish fall, the tackle depending from the fish davit, used
in hauling up the anchor to the gunwale of a ship.
Fish garth, a dam or weir in a river for keeping fish or
taking them easily.
Fish glue. See Isinglass.
Fish joint, a joint formed by a plate or pair of plates
fastened upon two meeting beams, plates, etc., at their
junction; -- used largely in connecting the rails of
railroads.
Fish kettle, a long kettle for boiling fish whole.
Fish ladder, a dam with a series of steps which fish can
leap in order to ascend falls in a river.
Fish line, or Fishing line, a line made of twisted hair,
silk, etc., used in angling.
Fish louse (Zool.), any crustacean parasitic on fishes,
esp. the parasitic Copepoda, belonging to Caligus,
Argulus, and other related genera. See Branchiura.
Fish maw (Zool.), the stomach of a fish; also, the air
bladder, or sound.
Fish meal, fish desiccated and ground fine, for use in
soups, etc.
Fish oil, oil obtained from the bodies of fish and marine
animals, as whales, seals, sharks, from cods' livers, etc.
Fish owl (Zool.), a fish-eating owl of the Old World genera
Scotopelia and Ketupa, esp. a large East Indian
species (K. Ceylonensis).
Fish plate, one of the plates of a fish joint.
Fish pot, a wicker basket, sunk, with a float attached, for
catching crabs, lobsters, etc.
Fish pound, a net attached to stakes, for entrapping and
catching fish; a weir. [Local, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish slice, a broad knife for dividing fish at table; a
fish trowel.
Fish slide, an inclined box set in a stream at a small
fall, or ripple, to catch fish descending the current.
--Knight.
Fish sound, the air bladder of certain fishes, esp. those
that are dried and used as food, or in the arts, as for
the preparation of isinglass.
Fish story, a story which taxes credulity; an extravagant
or incredible narration. [Colloq. U.S.] --Bartlett.
Fish strainer.
(a) A metal colander, with handles, for taking fish from a
boiler.
(b) A perforated earthenware slab at the bottom of a dish,
to drain the water from a boiled fish.
Fish trowel, a fish slice.
Fish weir or Fish wear, a weir set in a stream, for
catching fish.
Neither fish nor flesh, Neither fish nor fowl (Fig.),
neither one thing nor the other.
[1913 Webster]Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fishing net
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fishing rod
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fishing smack
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fishing tackle
(gcide) | Tackle \Tac"kle\ (?; sometimes improperly pronounced ?,
especially by seamen), n. [OE. takel, akin to LG. & D. takel,
Dan. takkel, Sw. tackel; perhaps akin to E. taw, v. t., or to
take.]
1. Apparatus for raising or lowering heavy weights,
consisting of a rope and pulley blocks; sometimes, the
rope and attachments, as distinct from the block, in which
case the full appratus is referred to as a {block and
tackle}.
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2. Any instruments of action; an apparatus by which an object
is moved or operated; gear; as, fishing tackle, hunting
tackle; formerly, specifically, weapons. "She to her
tackle fell." --Hudibras.
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Note: In Chaucer, it denotes usually an arrow or arrows.
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3. (Naut.) The rigging and apparatus of a ship; also, any
purchase where more than one block is used.
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Fall and tackle. See the Note under Pulley.
Fishing tackle. See under Fishing, a.
Ground tackle (Naut.), anchors, cables, etc.
Gun tackle, the apparatus or appliances for hauling cannon
in or out.
Tackle fall, the rope, or rather the end of the rope, of a
tackle, to which the power is applied.
Tack tackle (Naut.), a small tackle to pull down the tacks
of the principal sails.
Tackle board, Tackle post (Ropemaking), a board, frame,
or post, at the end of a ropewalk, for supporting the
spindels, or whirls, for twisting the yarns.
[1913 Webster]Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fishing tube
(gcide) | Fishing \Fish"ing\, a. [From Fishing, n.]
Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing;
as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing.
Fishing line, a line used in catching fish.
Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish;
including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net,
seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc.
Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the
line for angling.
Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea
fishing.
Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line,
rod, etc.
Fishing tube (Micros.), a glass tube for selecting a
microscopic object in a fluid.
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Fly fishing
(gcide) | Fly \Fly\, n.; pl. Flies (fl[imac]z). [OE. flie, flege, AS.
fl[=y]ge, fle['o]ge, fr. fle['o]gan to fly; akin to D. vlieg,
OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. [root]
84. See Fly, v. i.]
1. (Zool.)
(a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings;
as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.
(b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly;
black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.
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2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.
"The fur-wrought fly." --Gay.
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3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.]
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A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. --B.
Jonson.
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4. A parasite. [Obs.] --Massinger.
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5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for
hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]
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6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes,
the length from the "union" to the extreme end.
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7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the
wind blows.
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8. (Naut.) That part of a compass on which the points are
marked; the compass card. --Totten.
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9. (Mech.)
(a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a
fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of
machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the
striking part of a clock.
(b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends
on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the
motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the
power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome,
is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining
press. See Fly wheel (below).
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10. (Knitting Machine) The piece hinged to the needle, which
holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is
penetrating another loop; a latch. --Knight.
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11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a
spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
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12. (Weaving) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or
jerk. --Knight.
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13.
(a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from
the press.
(b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power
to a power printing press for doing the same work.
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14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn
over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof
of the tent at no other place.
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15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.
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16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers,
overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.
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17. (Baseball) A batted ball that flies to a considerable
distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a
ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Also called
fly ball. "a fly deep into right field"
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18. (Cotton Manuf.) Waste cotton.
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Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under
Black, Cheese, etc. -- Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom
(Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in
sufficient quantities, is poisonous. -- Fly block
(Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the
working of the tackle with which it is connected; -- used
in the hoisting tackle of yards. -- Fly board (Printing
Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by
the fly. -- Fly book, a case in the form of a book for
anglers' flies. --Kingsley.Fly cap, a cap with wings,
formerly worn by women. -- Fly drill, a drill having a
reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the
driving power being applied by the hand through a cord
winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it
rotates backward and forward. --Knight.Fly fishing, the
act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial
flies; fishing using a fly[2] as bait. --Walton. -- --
Fly fisherman, one who fishes using natural or artificial
flies[2] as bait, especially one who fishes exclusively in
that manner. -- Fly flap, an implement for killing
flies. -- Fly governor, a governor for regulating the
speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes
revolving in the air. -- Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant
of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem
and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and {L.
Xylosteum}. -- Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an
artificial fly. -- Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the
beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. --
Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. --Ray.
Fly net, a screen to exclude insects.
Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger
nut.
Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose
flowers resemble flies.
Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that
feed upon or are entangled by it.
Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies.
Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc.,
operated by hand and having a heavy fly.
Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged
leaf of a table.
Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly.
Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill.
Fly snapper (Zool.), an American bird ({Phainopepla
nitens}), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male
is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray.
Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to
equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by
its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to
accumulate or give out energy for a variable or
intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9.
On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; -- said of a
batted ball caught before touching the ground..
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Gorge fishing
(gcide) | Gorge \Gorge\, n. [F. gorge, LL. gorgia, throat, narrow pass,
and gorga abyss, whirlpool, prob. fr. L. gurgea whirlpool,
gulf, abyss; cf. Skr. gargara whirlpool, g[.r] to devour. Cf.
Gorget.]
1. The throat; the gullet; the canal by which food passes to
the stomach.
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Wherewith he gripped her gorge with so great pain.
--Spenser.
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Now, how abhorred! . . . my gorge rises at it.
--Shak.
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2. A narrow passage or entrance; as:
(a) A defile between mountains.
(b) The entrance into a bastion or other outwork of a
fort; -- usually synonymous with rear. See Illust. of
Bastion.
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3. That which is gorged or swallowed, especially by a hawk or
other fowl.
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And all the way, most like a brutish beast,
e spewed up his gorge, that all did him detest.
--Spenser.
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4. A filling or choking of a passage or channel by an
obstruction; as, an ice gorge in a river.
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5. (Arch.) A concave molding; a cavetto. --Gwilt.
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6. (Naut.) The groove of a pulley.
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7. (Angling) A primitive device used instead of a fishhook,
consisting of an object easy to be swallowed but difficult
to be ejected or loosened, as a piece of bone or stone
pointed at each end and attached in the middle to a line.
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Gorge circle (Gearing), the outline of the smallest cross
section of a hyperboloid of revolution.
Circle of the gorge (Math.), a minimum circle on a surface
of revolution, cut out by a plane perpendicular to the
axis.
Gorge fishing, trolling with a dead bait on a double hook
which the fish is given time to swallow, or gorge.
Gorge hook, two fishhooks, separated by a piece of lead.
--Knight.
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long-line fishing
(gcide) | Spillet fishing \Spil"let fish`ing\, Spilliard fishing
\Spil"liard fish`ing\,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing.
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Spillet fishing
(gcide) | Spillet fishing \Spil"let fish`ing\, Spilliard fishing
\Spil"liard fish`ing\,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing.
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Spilliard fishing
(gcide) | Spillet fishing \Spil"let fish`ing\, Spilliard fishing
\Spil"liard fish`ing\,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing.
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trawl fishing
(gcide) | Spillet fishing \Spil"let fish`ing\, Spilliard fishing
\Spil"liard fish`ing\,
A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks
set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called
trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and
long-line fishing.
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fishing
(wn) | fishing
n 1: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion [syn:
fishing, sportfishing]
2: the occupation of catching fish for a living |
fishing boat
(wn) | fishing boat
n 1: a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch
alive [syn: fishing boat, fishing smack, {fishing
vessel}] |
fishing eagle
(wn) | fishing eagle
n 1: of southeast Europe and central Asia [syn: fishing eagle,
Haliaeetus leucorhyphus] |
fishing expedition
(wn) | fishing expedition
n 1: an investigation undertaken in the hope (but not the stated
purpose) of discovering information |
fishing gear
(wn) | fishing gear
n 1: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle,
fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] |
fishing licence
(wn) | fishing licence
n 1: a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified
period of time [syn: fishing license, fishing licence,
fishing permit] |
fishing license
(wn) | fishing license
n 1: a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified
period of time [syn: fishing license, fishing licence,
fishing permit] |
fishing line
(wn) | fishing line
n 1: a length of cord to which the leader and float and sinker
and hook are attached |
fishing net
(wn) | fishing net
n 1: a net that will enclose fish when it is pulled in [syn:
fishnet, fishing net] |
fishing permit
(wn) | fishing permit
n 1: a license authorizing the bearer to fish during a specified
period of time [syn: fishing license, fishing licence,
fishing permit] |
fishing pole
(wn) | fishing pole
n 1: a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in
fishing to extend the fishing line [syn: fishing rod,
fishing pole] |
fishing rig
(wn) | fishing rig
n 1: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle,
fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] |
fishing rod
(wn) | fishing rod
n 1: a rod of wood or steel or fiberglass that is used in
fishing to extend the fishing line [syn: fishing rod,
fishing pole] |
fishing season
(wn) | fishing season
n 1: the season during which it is legal to catch fish |
fishing smack
(wn) | fishing smack
n 1: a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch
alive [syn: fishing boat, fishing smack, {fishing
vessel}] |
fishing tackle
(wn) | fishing tackle
n 1: gear used in fishing [syn: fishing gear, tackle,
fishing tackle, fishing rig, rig] |
fishing vessel
(wn) | fishing vessel
n 1: a vessel for fishing; often has a well to keep the catch
alive [syn: fishing boat, fishing smack, {fishing
vessel}] |
fishing worm
(wn) | fishing worm
n 1: terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil;
often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait
by anglers [syn: earthworm, angleworm, fishworm,
fishing worm, wiggler, nightwalker, nightcrawler,
crawler, dew worm, red worm] |
fly-fishing
(wn) | fly-fishing
n 1: angling with an artificial fly as a lure |
sportfishing
(wn) | sportfishing
n 1: the act of someone who fishes as a diversion [syn:
fishing, sportfishing] |
surf fishing
(wn) | surf fishing
n 1: casting (artificial) bait far out into the ocean (up to 200
yards) with the waves breaking around you [syn: {surf
casting}, surf fishing] |
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