fish-hook
101hook — 1. to steal The imagery is from angling. In East Africa it still applies to the technique of introducing a pole with a hook on the end through the shutters of your bedroom, with razor blades let into the shaft to stop you grabbing it: I …
102fish pond — 1) a freshwater pond in which fish are kept 2) an enclosed or gated coastal body of water used in aquaculture, e.g. in Hawaii for milkfish and bonefish. Fish enter on tides, through a gate or are stocked 3) the sea (jocular) 4) a depression in a …
103fish-pond — 1) a freshwater pond in which fish are kept 2) an enclosed or gated coastal body of water used in aquaculture, e.g. in Hawaii for milkfish and bonefish. Fish enter on tides, through a gate or are stocked 3) the sea (jocular) 4) a depression in a …
104fish club — 1) a device used to stun or kill a fish when captured on hook and line or in a trap. Can be a simple piece of wood or intricately shaped and carved as with the Haida fish clubs of western Canada 2) an association of individuals devoted to angling …
105fish-club — 1) a device used to stun or kill a fish when captured on hook and line or in a trap. Can be a simple piece of wood or intricately shaped and carved as with the Haida fish clubs of western Canada 2) an association of individuals devoted to angling …
106hook set — setting the hook, the methods by which a hook is embedded in the fish mouth and kept there …
107hook-and-line — a hook on the end of a line with a natural or artificial bait. Also applies to hooks used to catch fish by snagging or jigging. Hook and line units may be used singly or in large numbers …
108hook — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun Hook is used after these nouns: ↑coat, ↑fish, ↑meat, ↑picture {{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}} verb Hook is used with these nouns as the object: ↑arm, ↑drive, ↑finger, ↑trout …
109hook — Lou, loulou; kīlou (as on a door); kēlou, huka. See fishhook. ♦ To hook, kīlou, kēlou, kīhele. ♦ To draw, up with a hook, as in fishing octopus, kīkākala. ♦ Hooked, but escaped, as a fish, kūlihi. ♦ Hooked finger (for feeding poi),… …
110fish gig — 1) a pole with barbed prongs for striking fish. Loaded at the end with lead 2) an arrangement of hooks dragged through the water to foul hook fish …
