fyken.
/fʌɪk/ U.S.
A bag-net used for catching fish, esp. shad.
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1832 in T. F. De Voe Market Assistant (1867) 197 They discovered a sea-dog stealing bass from a fuik of a bass-net.
1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Fyke..the large bow-nets in New York harbor, used for catching shad, are called shad-fykes.
1871 Game Laws N.Y. in Fur, Fin & Feather (1872) 28 It shall not be lawful for any person to take eels in fikes or pots.
1903 N.Y. Evening Post 20 Oct. 3 He stopped up the stream with the exception of one narrow outlet, in which he placed his fyke.
1942 C. Weygandt Plenty of Pennsylvania 45 They set fykes for the up-stream run of suckers in March.
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fyke-net n.
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1842 Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. i. 54 Mr. Everson..has taken them..in the fyke-nets.
1891 W. K. Brooks Amer. Oyster 181 The shores..are now so lined by fyke nets..that the number of shad which reach the spawning grounds at all is proportionally much less than it was in 1880.
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fyke-fisherman n. one who fishes with a fyke ( Cent. Dict.).
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