| spillet fishing | A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| spilliard fishing | A system or method of fishing by means of a number of hooks set on snoods all on one line; in North America, called trawl fishing, bultow, or bultow fishing, and long-line fishing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| fishing | 1. The act, practice, or art of one who fishes. 2. A fishery. Pertaining to fishing; used in fishery; engaged in fishing; as, fishing boat; fishing tackle; fishing 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 line for angling. Fishing smack, a sloop or other small vessel used in sea fishing. Fishing tackle, apparatus used in fishing, as hook, line, rod, etc. Fishing tube, a glass tube for selecting a microscopic object in a fluid. Origin: From Fishing. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boat bug | <zoology> An aquatic hemipterous insect of the genus Notonecta; so called from swimming on its back, which gives it the appearance of a little boat. Synonym: boat fly, boat insect, boatman, and water boatman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boat conformation | See: Haworth conformational formulas of cyclic sugars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat form | The less stable of two conformations assumed by 6-membered cyclic sugars (pyranoses) or cyclohexane derivatives, as opposed to chair form. See: Haworth conformational formulas of cyclic sugars. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat-shaped | <botany> See Cymbiform. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boat-shaped abdomen | A condition in which the anterior abdominal wall is sunken and presents a concave rather than a convex contour. Synonym: boat-shaped abdomen, navicular abdomen. (05 Mar 2000) |
| boat shell | <zoology> A marine gastropod of the genus Crepidula. The species are numerous. It is so named from its form and interior deck. A marine univalve shell of the genus Cymba. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| boat-tail | <zoology> A large grackle or blackbird (Quiscalus major), found in the Southern United States. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| hatch-boat | A vessel whose deck consists almost wholly of movable hatches; used mostly in the fisheries. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |