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sniggling
sniggling, vbl. n. (ˈsnɪglɪŋ) [? Related to snig n.1] 1. The action or practice of fishing for eels by means of a baited hook or needle thrust into their holes or haunts.1661 Walton Angler xiii. (ed. 3) 193 Because you..know not what snigling is, I will now teach it to you..: take a strong small hoo...
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Sniggle
A sniggle is a type of fish hook used for catching eels (known as snigs), using the method of sniggling. A typical method of sniggling is to tie a fishing line to the middle of a large needle or fish hook.
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sniggle
▪ I. sniggle, n.1 (ˈsnɪg(ə)l) [f. sniggle v.1] A baited hook or other device used in sniggling for eels, etc.1837 Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann iii, When Anhalt-Coethen babies wriggle, Like eels just caught by sniggle. 1848 [W. F. Campbell] Life in Normandy (1863) I. 183 There may be one [lobster there]...
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proking
ˈproking, vbl. n. Now only dial. [f. proke v.1 + -ing1.] The action of the verb proke; poking, thrusting; sniggling for eels; fig. instigation. Also attrib. as proking spit (in quot. humorously applied to a rapier), proking stick.a 1225 Ancr. R. 266 Heo dude one swuche sunne iðet ilke niht, þuruh hi...
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sniggler
▪ I. sniggler1 (ˈsnɪglə(r)) [f. sniggle v.1] One who fishes for or catches eels or salmon by sniggling.1840 J. T. J. Hewlett P. Priggins i, Like an eel in a wall, politely declining a sniggler's offer of a lobworm. 1864 Q. Rev. CXV. 186 Towards evening the juvenile sniggler knows that he has the bes...
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broggle
broggle, v. north. dial. (ˈbrɒg(ə)l) Also 7 braggle. [app. a frequentative f. brog v.] intr. To continue poking with a stick or pointed instrument in a hole; also spec. to fish for eels, by thrusting a stick with a baited hook into the holes, and under the stones where they lie. Hence ˈbroggling, al...
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Outline of fishing
Sniggle – a type of fish hook used for catching eels, using the method of sniggling.
Fishing line
Fishing line – a cord used or made for angling.
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rake
▪ I. rake, n.1 (reɪk) Forms: 1 raca, racu, 4 raak, 5 rak, 5–6 Sc. raike, 4– rake. [OE. raca m., racu f. = MLG., MDu. rāke (Du. raak), (M)Sw. -raka, Da. -rage, related by ablaut to MLG. rēke, OHG. rehho, recho (MHG. reche, G. rechen) rake, ON. reka spade, shovel, f. root *rek- (Goth. rikan, OHG. rehh...
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