单词 | sniggling |
释义 | snigglingn. 1. The action or practice of fishing for eels by means of a baited hook or needle thrust into their holes or haunts. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for eels in specific manner bobbing1620 sniggling1661 pitching1674 eeling1780 sand-eeling1862 sun spearing1865 stichering1872 blobbing1877 eel-picking1883 eel-spearing1883 1661 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 3) xiii. 193 Because you..know not what snigling is, I will now teach it to you..: take a strong small hook tied to a strong line.., and then into one of these holes,..or any place where you think an Eele may hide or shelter her self, there with the help of a short stick put in your Bait. 1669 J. Worlidge Systema Agriculturæ (1681) 260 Eels commonly abscond themselves under stones.., and under Timber, Planks, or such-like.., where you may take them by this way of Snigling. 1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. xl. 85 Snigling or Brogling for Eels is another remarkable Method of taking them. 1787 T. Best Conc. Treat. Angling (ed. 2) 55 There are two ways to take them in the day time called sniggling and bobbing. 1856 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports 258 Sniggling is another mode of taking eels,..and the apparatus consists in a strong needle [etc.]. 1885 Sat. Rev. 21 Nov. 673/1 ‘Sniggling’..is one of the most favourite ways of catching eels. 2. In salmon-fishing (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using weighted hook sniggling1890 1890 Sc. Leader 20 Nov. 5 ‘Sniggling,’ means fishing with rod and line and artificial fly, but the hook is made to sink in the water where fish are supposed to be, and the rod so jerked that they are hooked and quickly landed. 1891 Sc. Leader 13 Nov. 4 ‘Sniggling’..is a mode of fishing by which the hook takes the fish, and not the fish the hook. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmasˈsniggling ˈsniggling adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > laughter > types of laughter > [adjective] > sniggering sniggering1815 sniggling1826 snickering1872 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. xii. 292 Wildrake laughed without ceremony..and was joined by a sniggling response from behind the cupboard. < as lemmas |
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