A general term for those employed in the fisheries, from the catching of sprats to the taking of whales.
·noun A <<Fishery>>. II. Fishing ·noun The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. III. Fishing ·...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
In taking celestial observations, means the sweeping to find a star or other object when near its ap...
The Sailor's Word-Book
See bombI ...
All paint outside, and no order within. ...
Those equipped for examining coasts, dangers, &c.; their utility is unquestionable. Some of the smal...
·- ·Alt. of Spilliard fishing. ...
·- A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; — in ...
The illegally taking of salmon, under night, by means of torches and spears with barbed prongs. ...
A stout fishing-vessel with two lug-sails. ...
A name of the Lophius piscatorius, angler or devil-fish, eaten in the Mediterranean. ...
Any bank or shoal frequented by fish. ...
A sloop having in the hold a well wherein to preserve the fish, particularly lobsters, alive. ...
A northern designation of an angling line, or angling gear. ...
Half a quarter of a sheet. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
Ships from foreign parts, as distinguished from coasters. ...
That carried on over the deeper banks of the ocean. (See line-fishing.) It is more applicable to han...
Was prosecuted with great industry in the waters of Palestine. It was from the fishing-nets that Jes...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
To cover it with tallow, sulphur, rosin, &c. (See breaming.) ...
A strong compartment in the middle of the hold, open to the deck, but lined with lead on every side,...