Hypertext Webster Gateway: "angling"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Angle \An"gle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Angled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Angling}.]
1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as,
to angle for praise.
The hearts of all that he did angle for. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Angling \An"gling\, n.
The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and
line. --Walton.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
angling
n : fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
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