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A catching; discovery. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

me and easily taken, and is popularly believed to imitate the movements of the fowler. In catching of dotterels we see how the foolish bird playeth the ape in gestures. Bacon.

A net for catching the larger sorts of birds; also, a dragnet. Crabb.

A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing. Addison.

A hook for catching fish.

ing village. Fishing fly, an artificial fly for fishing. -- Fishing line, a line used in catching fish. -- Fishing net, a net of various kinds for catching fish; including the bag net, casting net, drag net, landing net, seine, shrimping net, trawl, etc. -- Fishing rod, a long slender rod, to which is attached the l…

Extravagant, like some stories about catching fish; improbable; also, rank or foul. [Colloq.]

olding of the whole wall of the cerebrum. -- Fissure needle (Surg.), a spiral needle for catching together the gaping lips of wounds. Knight. -- Fissure of rolando (Anat.), the furrow separating the frontal from the parietal lobe in the cerebrum. -- Fissure of Sylvius (Anat.), a deep cerebral fissure separating the…

. A trap for catching flies.

ace. Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak. Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.

A kind of weir for catching fish. [Eng.] Carew.

A dam or weir for catching fish.

To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently. She gasps and struggles hard for life. Lloyd.

[Local, U. S.] Bottom glade. See under Bottom. -- Glade net, in England, a net used for catching woodcock and other birds in forest glades.

Seizing; embracing; catching.

A kind of net for catching birds.

A frame or weir in a river, for catching fish.

A latticework contrivance for catching fish.

The act of catching, as on a hook, etc.