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Frog
·noun The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword. II. Frog ·vt To ornament or fasten (a coat, ·...

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Frog
(Heb. tsepharde'a, meaning a "marsh-leaper"). This reptile is mentioned in the Old Testament only in...

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frog
An old term for a seaman's coat or frock. ...

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Frog
a well-known amphibious animal of the genus Rana . The mention of this reptile in the Old Testament ...

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Fishing
·noun A <<Fishery>>. II. Fishing ·noun The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. III. Fishing ·...

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fishing
In taking celestial observations, means the sweeping to find a star or other object when near its ap...

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Frog-eyed
·add. ·adj Spotted with whitish specks due to a disease, or produced artificially by spraying; — sa...

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catholic frog
n. name applied to a frog livingin the inland parts of New South Wales, Notadenbennettii, Guenth., ...

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frog-belt
A baldrick (which see). ...

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frog-fish
See fishing-frog. ...

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frog-landers
Dutchmen in colloquial language. ...

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frog-pike
A female pike, so called from its period of spawning being late, contemporary with the frogs. ...

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sea-frog
A name for the Lophius piscatorius, or angler. ...

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Spillet fishing
·- ·Alt. of Spilliard fishing. ...

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Spilliard fishing
·- A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; — in ...

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black-fishing
The illegally taking of salmon, under night, by means of torches and spears with barbed prongs. ...

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fishing-boat
A stout fishing-vessel with two lug-sails. ...

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fishing-ground
Any bank or shoal frequented by fish. ...

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fishing-smack
A sloop having in the hold a well wherein to preserve the fish, particularly lobsters, alive. ...

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fishing-taum
A northern designation of an angling line, or angling gear. ...

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fishing-vessels
A general term for those employed in the fisheries, from the catching of sprats to the taking of wha...

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bell-frog, golden
n. See golden bell-frog. ...

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golden bell-frog
n. name applied to a largegold and green frog, Hyla aurea, Less., which, unlikethe great majority o...

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great-line fishing
That carried on over the deeper banks of the ocean. (See line-fishing.) It is more applicable to han...

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Fishing, the art of
Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jes...

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trunk of a fishing-vessel
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...

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well, or trunk of a fishing-vessel
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...

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