The practice of catching fish by means of a rod, line, hook, and bait, which by its mixture of idleness and chance forms recreation; but however simple the art appears, it requires much nicety.
·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Angle>>. II. Angling ·noun The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose