fisher mans bend

Naut .: A sailor's knot, used in bending halyards to a studding-sail yard. Two turns are taken round the spar, the end pa ed between them and the spar, and half-hitched around the standing part. fish-er-ỹ, s . [Eng.fish; -ery.] 1. The busine or occupation of catching fish. The word fishery is popularly used in a comprehensive sense; not merely is there a herring fishery, a salmon-fishery, a cod-fishery, a pilchard IMG:content-1682.png:[blocks in formation] Ichthy.: Lophius piscator i us , the Angler (q. v.). fishing-ground, s. A place frequented by fish, and suitable for fishing; a fishing-place, a fishery. fishing-line, s. A line with hook attached for catching fish.