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

Four and one added; one more than four.

ck; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.

One who flatters. The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants. Addison.

To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

ope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other. -- Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard.

To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton. [Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." Bancroft.

tortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.

generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. Addison.

ick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a jeer. Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison. With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe.

A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n. Addison.

With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. Addison.

or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." Addison. (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets.

To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. Addison.

g a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.

Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed.

Affectionate; loving; tender; -- in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife. Addison.

h; as, he had a fondness for truffles. My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. Addison.

A kind of tall headdress formerly worn. Addison.

The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.