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piscatory, a. (n.)|ˈpɪskətərɪ|
[ad. L. piscātōri-us adj., f. piscātor fisher: see -ory2.]
1. Of or pertaining to fishers or to fishing.
piscatory ring, the signet ring worn by the pope as successor of St. Peter (cf. Matt. iv. 19, etc.).
1633P. Fletcher (title) The Purple Island..together with Piscatorie Eclogs. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. iii. 296 The Pope dy'd.., and immediately the Piscatory Ring was broken by Cardinal Barbarino. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 36 ⁋9 To substitute fishermen for shepherds, and derive his sentiments from the piscatory life. 1861H. F. Hore in Macm. Mag. V. 52 The gain to the piscatory interest would be immense. 1867F. Francis Angling vi. (1880) 194 Piscatory heirlooms and relics.
2. Employed in or addicted to fishing.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. Introd., Sea gull, white, cinereous, piscatorie. 1836W. Irving Astoria II. 271 The salmon, which are..as important to the piscatory tribes as are the buffaloes to the hunters of the prairies. 1882Harper's Mag. June 6 Yarmouth is piscatory..beyond description.
¶3. erron. Misused for piscine a.
1768Foote Devil on 2 Sticks iii. Wks. 1799 II. 276 Certain animalculæ, or piscatory entities, that insinuate themselves thro' the pores into the blood. 1842United Service Mag. i. 349 The upper part being human, the lower part, from the hips, piscatory.
†B. ellipt. as n. A play or the like dealing with the life of fishermen. (Cf. pastoral.) Obs.
1631P. Fletcher (title) Sicelides, a Piscatory, as it hath beene Acted in Kings Colledge, in Cambridge. |