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Smack
·vi A loud kiss; a buss. II. Smack ·vi A small quantity; a taste. III. Smack ·adv As if with a sma...

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to smack
To kiss. I had a smack at her muns: I kissed her mouth. To smack calves skin; to kiss the book, i.e....

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
smack
A vessel, sometimes like a cutter, used for mercantile purposes, or for carrying passengers; the lar...

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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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smack smooth
At the West, a term applied to land which is thoroughly cleared; i. e. smoothly cleared; level. It i...

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barrack smack
A corruption of Berwick smack; a word applied to small Scotch traders. The masters were nicknamed ba...

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berwick smack
The old and well-found packets of former days, until superseded by steamers. (See barrack smack.) ...

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smack-smooth
Level with the surface; said of a mast which has gone by the board. ...

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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-frog
A name of the Lophius piscatorius, angler or devil-fish, eaten in the Mediterranean. ...

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

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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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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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