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A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing. [Local, U. S.]

A float to a fishing line. [Local, U. S.]

A two-masted fishing vessel, used by the Dutch.

A canelike grass of southern Europe (Arundo Donax), used for fishing rods, etc.

A hamlet. "A mean fishing dorp." Howell.

h labor, along the ground or other surface; as, to drag stone or timber; to drag a net in fishing. Dragged by the cords which through his feet were thrust. Denham. The grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down. Tennyson. A needless Alexandrine ends the song That, like a wounded snake, drags its slow le…

A net to be drawn along the bottom of a body of water, as in fishing.

sail, under Drag, n. -- Drift epoch (Geol.), the glacial epoch. -- Drift net, a kind of fishing net. -- Drift sail. Same as Drag sail. See under Drag, n.

to fall in one portion, or by one motion, like a drop; to let fall; as, to drop a line in fishing; to drop a courtesy.

One who, or that which, drops. Specif.: (Fishing) A fly that drops from the leaden above the bob or end fly.

k, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles. To dub a fly, to dress a fishing fly. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. -- To dub out (Plastering), to fill out, as an uneven surface, to a plane, or to carry out a series of small projections.

The act of expiscating; a fishing. [R.] Chapman.

The catch of fish on a fishing vessel. Bill of fare. See under Bill. -- Fare indicator or register, a device for recording the number of passengers on a street car, etc. -- Fare wicket. (a) A gate or turnstile at the entrance of toll bridges, exhibition grounds, etc., for registering the number of persons passing it.…

by artifice, or indirectly to seek to draw forth; as, to fish for compliments. Any other fishing question. Sir W. Scott.

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

so called because it plunges into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.

A fishing spear. [Obs.] Sandys.

A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." Gay.

A rod or stick, as a fishing rod, a measuring rod, or a rod used to drive cattle with. [Prov. Eng. Local, U.S.] Halliwell. Bartlett. Upon the gad, upon the spur of the moment; hastily. [Obs.] "All this done upon the gad!" Shak.

A small fishing vessel met with in the Persian Gulf.