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Joinery: A long beam composed of two shorter beams joined end to end and fished. fish-er, *fisch-er, *fish-ere, *fi h-er, *fyschar, *fysch-er, *fysch-ere, s . [A. S. fiscere ; O. S. fiskari ; O. Fris. fisker ; Dut. vi cher; O. H. Ger. fiscári ; Icel. fiskari ; Sw. fiskare ; Dan. fisker .] [FISH (1), v .] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who is employed in fishing; a fisherman. "Three fishers went sailing out into the west, Into the west when the sun went down." C. Kingsley: The Fishers. 2. Zool.: A species of marten; the pekan (q. v.). fisher's-knot, s . A slip-knot, the ends of which lie horizontally, and will not become untied. *fisher-town, s. A fishing-town or village; a town inhabited by fishermen.