Fishhook: alternatives and connections

To hook, or draw to one's self as with a hook.

The inclosed space near the point where two lines meet; a corner; a nook.

A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.

A mode of catching birds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flyin…

A European fish (Centriscus scolopax), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; -- called also trumpet fish,…

Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes.

The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.

A trap for lobsters, being a wickerwork cylinder with a funnel-shaped entrance at one end.

A vessel for drawing up water from a well, or for catching, holding, or carrying water, sap, or other liquids.

A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…

To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

A counter, used in various games.

The business or practice of catching fish; fishing.

of Fish

Like fish; suggestive of fish; having some of the qualities of fish.

Consisting of fish; fishlike; having the qualities or taste of fish; abounding in fish.

A narrow arm of the sea; an estuary; the opening of a river into the sea; as, the Frith of Forth.