International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ANGLINGan'-gling: Angling, i.e. fishing with a hook or angle, was little known among the ancients. The fish were chiefly taken by casting nets, etc. (see Matthew 13:47). Compare e.g. "Then did Deucalion first the art invent of angling" (Davors, Secret of Angling, I). See NET.
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... Thou art come within the Church's nets [420] : be taken alive, flee not: for Jesus
is angling for thee, not in order to kill, but by killing to make alive: for ...
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Christ and Pilate: the True King and his Counterfeit
... and how wise the people are who let it guide their judgments, or still wiser,
who fret their lives out in angling for its approval! ...
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Ebenezer!
... If Simon Peter had been angling over the side of his ship and had caught a fine
fish, he might have said, "Well done fisherman!" But when the boat was full of ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (
p. pr. & vb. n.) of Angle.
2. (n.) The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and line.
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Angling...ANGLING. an'-gling:
Angling, ie fishing with a hook or angle, was little known among
the ancients. The fish were chiefly taken by casting nets, etc.
.../a/angling.htm - 7kFloat (4 Occurrences)
... or boiler. 4. (n.) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait
line, and indicate the bite of a fish. 5. (vi) Anything ...
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Fish (66 Occurrences)
... or yard. 9. (vi) To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish,
by any means, as by angling or drawing a net. 10. (vi) To ...
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Cast (640 Occurrences)
... 20. (vi) To throw, as a line in angling, esp., with a fly hook. 21. (vi) To turn
the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh. 22. ...
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Anglosaxon
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Angle-stone (2 Occurrences)
Angle-stone. Angles, Angle-stone. Angling . Multi-Version Concordance
Angle-stone (2 Occurrences). ... (BBE). Angles, Angle-stone. Angling . Reference
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Arm (110 Occurrences)
... To cover or furnish with a plate, or with whatever will add strength, force, security,
or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling. ...
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Angling
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Float (4 Occurrences)
Fish (66 Occurrences)
Cast (640 Occurrences)
Anglosaxon
Angle-stone (2 Occurrences)
Arm (110 Occurrences)
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