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ˈhuxing
[Derivation uncertain; in form a vbl. n. of a vb. *hux, the existence of which is assumed by Ash, and in later Dicts.]
A method of catching pike, by means of hooks suspended by lines from bladders.
1708–15Kersey, Huxing of the Pike, a particular way of taking that sort of Fish. 1727–41in Chambers Cycl. 1787Best Angling (ed. 2) 46 There is also a method to take pikes with, called Huxing. Take thirty or forty bladders, blow them up, and tie them close and strong; and at the mouth of each, tie a line..at the end of the lines, let hooks be armed..the pike having taken the bait, will bounce about with the bladder, to the infinite diversion of all the spectators; when he is almost spent take him up. |