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Fishing   /fˈɪʃɪŋ/   Listen
noun
Fishing  n.  
1.
The act, practice, or art of one who fishes.
2.
A fishery.


adjective
Fishing  adj.  Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing village.
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" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the poerou they make ropes and lines, from the thickness of an inch to the size of a small packthread: With these they make nets for fishing. Of the fibres of the cocoa-nut they make thread for fastening together the several parts of their canoes and belts, either round or flat, twisted or plaited; and of the bark of the erowa, a kind of nettle ...
— A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. 13 • Robert Kerr
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... now a low yellow line on the left. Some fishing-boats flickered off the shore; they met a few sail, and left more behind; but already, and so near one of the greatest ports of the world, the spacious solitude of the ocean was beginning. There was no swell; the sea lay quite flat, with a ...
— Henry James, Jr. • William Dean Howells
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... to D—— Castle, I suppose, and found your uncle had left it for Bath. Indeed, we only arrived the day before yesterday; but Papa wrote us, saying he had got one of his attacks of rheumatism, from the late fishing, and begged us to take this on our way to Habberton, Did you see my marriage in the papers, or did ...
— A Love Story • A Bushman
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... had been so tremendous, owing to the heavy weight of the projectile, that I had mistrusted the weapon; therefore, when the moment arrived to fire off all the guns preparatory to cleaning, my good angel whispered a providential warning, and I agreed to fire this particular rifle by a long fishing-line attached to the trigger, while the gun should be fastened to a tree. It blew all to pieces! The locks were blown entirely away, and the stock was shattered into fragments: nothing remained but the thick end near the shoulder-plate. I had received a mysterious presentiment ...
— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker
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... compounded of maternal love and pride, Norah watched the little form struggle through the water at the end of its odd fishing line. ...
— Death Points a Finger • Will Levinrew
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