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One whose occupation is to catch fish.

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.…

frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

A fisherman who uses a dragnet. Sir M. Hale.

used to effect a purpose; any device or contrivance; an agent. Shak. You see the ways the fisherman doth take To catch the fish; what engines doth he make Bunyan. Their promises, enticements, oaths, tokens, and all these engines of lust. Shak.

A fisherman; -- so called after the apostle Peter. [An obs. local term in Eng.] Chapman.

A fisherman; an angler.

supported by floats and properly secured, may be left unguarded during the absence of the fisherman. -- Set nut, a jam nut or lock nut. See under Nut. -- Set screw (Mach.), a screw, sometimes cupped or printed at one end, and screwed through one part, as of a machine, tightly upon another part, to prevent the one fro…

An oilskin hat or southwester; -- a fisherman's name. [U. S.]

A sailor or fisherman;-so called in some parts of the Pacific.

A fisherman who used unlawful arts and engines to catch fish. [Obs.] Cowell.