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ch the tail is spread in the form of a fan during flight. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

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.…

Anything that binds and makes fast, as a lock, catch, bolt, bar, buckle, etc.

To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish, by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.

One whose occupation is to catch fish.

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…

ease in the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. -- Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing. Johnson.

Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.

. 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.

athers longer than the median ones; swallow-tailed; -- said of many birds. Fork-tailed flycatcher (Zoöl.), a tropical American flycatcher (Milvulus tyrannus). -- Fork-tailed gull (Zoöl.), a gull of the genus Xema, of two species, esp. X. Sabinii of the Arctic Ocean. -- Fork-tailed kite (Zoöl.), a graceful American ki…

To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc. Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl. Blackstone. Fowling piece, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for the use of small shot in killing birds or small quadrupeds.