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One who fishes.

A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery.

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

Any one of numerous species of birds constituting the family Alcedinidæ. Most of them feed upon fishes which they capture by diving and seizing then with the beak; others feed only upon reptiles, insects, etc. About one hundred and fifty species are known. They are found in nearly all parts of the world, but are partic…

A genus of perching birds, including the European kingfisher (Alcedo ispida). See Halcyon.

The kingfishers.

, and bait, with or without a rod. Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak. A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope. Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º. -- Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to both angles. -- Alternate angles. See Alternate. -- Angle…

a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill. The fishermen can't employ their art with so much success in so troubled a sea. Addison.

tlements, especially on the western frontiers of the older portions of the United States. Fisher Ames.

To indicate to fishermen, by shouts or signals from shore, the direction taken by the shoals of herring.

A vessel employed in the cod fishery on the banks of Newfoundland. Grabb. J. Q. Adams.

teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite. I have known a very good fisher angle diligently four or six hours for a river carp, and not have a bite. Walton.

die Nativitatis," i. e., "from the day of the Nativity," and sealed with the ring of the fisherman. It differs from a bull, in its parchment, written character, date, and seal. See Bull. -- Brief of title, an abstract or abridgment of all the deeds and other papers constituting the chain of title to any real estate.…

ashington was more solicitous to avoid fatal mistakes than to perform brilliant exploits. Fisher Ames.

A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery. The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.

Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes. The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher.

nine tails. See below. Angora cat, blind cat, See under Angora, Blind. -- Black cat the fisher. See under Black. -- Cat and dog, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonius. "I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it." Coleridge. -- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of t…

ion, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames.

cate; a hero. A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak. Champions of law and liberty. Fisher Ames.

A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec. Bartlett.