Word Meanings - BOULTER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A long, stout fishing line to which many hooks are attached.

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• FISHHAWK
  The osprey , found both in Europe and America; -- so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• FISH-TAIL
  Like the of a fish; acting, or producing something, like the tail of a fish. Fish-tail burner, a gas burner that gives a spreading flame shaped somewhat like the tail of a fish. -- Fish-tail propeller , a propeller with a single blade
• FISHWIFE
  A fishwoman.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• FISHINESS
  The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant.
• FISH-TACKLE
  A tackle or purchase used to raise the flukes of the anchor up to the gunwale. The block used is called the fish-block.
• FISHMONGER
  A dealer in fish.
• ATTACH
  tach, nail, E. tack a small nail, tack to fasten. Cf. Attack, and see 1. To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like. The shoulder blade is . . . attached only to
• FISHERY
  The right to take fish at a certain place, or in particular waters. Abbott. (more info) 1. The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison. 2. A place for catching fish.
• FISH
  A counter, used in various games.
• FISHFUL
  Abounding with fish. "My fishful pond." R. Carew.
• FISHING
  1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. 2. A fishery. Spenser.
• STOUTLY
  In a stout manner; lustily; boldly; obstinately; as, he stoutly defended himself.
• FISHWOMAN
  A woman who retails fish.
• FISHSKIN
  See ICHTHYOSIS (more info) 1. The skin of a fish
• FISH-BELLIED
  Bellying or swelling out on the under side; as, a fish-bellied rail. Knight.
• ATTACHABLE
  Capable of being attached; esp., liable to be taken by writ or precept.
• ATTACHE
  One attached to another person or thing, as a part of a suite or staff. Specifically: One attached to an embassy.
• FISHY
  1. Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish. Pope. 2. Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul.
• SPILLET FISHING; SPILLIARD FISHING
  A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; -- in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing.
• BONEFISH
  See LADYFISH
• MUFFISH
  Stupid; awkward.
• TIFFISH
  Inclined to tiffs; peevish; petulant.
• YELLOWFISH
  A rock trout found on the coast of Alaska; -- called also striped fish, and Atka mackerel.
• GREENFISH
  See POLLOCK
• DOGFISH
  1. A small shark, of many species, of the genera Mustelus, Scyllium, Spinax, etc. Note: The European spotted dogfishes (Scyllium catudus, and S. canicula) are very abundant; the American smooth, or blue dogfish is Mustelus canis; the common picked,
• WINGFISH
  A sea robin having large, winglike pectoral fins. See Sea robin, under Robin.
• ELFISHLY
  In an elfish manner.
• SELFISHLY
  In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.
• STAFFISH
  Stiff; harsh. Ascham.
• HEADFISH
  The sunfish .
• SWALLOWFISH
  The European sapphirine gurnard . It has large pectoral fins.
• ROUNDFISH
  Any ordinary market fish, exclusive of flounders, sole, halibut, and other flatfishes. A lake whitefish , less compressed than the common species. It is very abundant in British America and Alaska.
• BILLFISH
  A name applied to several distinct fishes: The garfish and allied species. The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast . The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. The American fresh-water
• SELFISHNESS
  The quality or state of being selfish; exclusive regard to one's own interest or happiness; that supreme self-love or self- preference which leads a person to direct his purposes to the advancement of his own interest, power, or happiness, without
• SANDFISH
  A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America which buries itself in the sand.
• TARTUFFISH; TARTUFISH
  Like a tartuffe; precise; hypocritical. Sterne.
• MUDFISH
  The European loach. The bowfin. The South American lipedosiren, and the allied African species . See Lipedosiren. The mud minnow.
• PADDLEFISH
  A large ganoid fish found in the rivers of the Mississippi Valley. It has a long spatula-shaped snout. Called also duck-billed cat, and spoonbill sturgeon.