ANGLING
angling
(noun) fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
angling
(fishing) present participle of angle
Noun
angling (countable and uncountable, plural anglings)
A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.
Synonyms
• the gentle craft
Source: Wiktionary
An"gling, n.
Definition: The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and
line. Walton.
ANGLE
An"gle, n. Etym: [F. angle, L. angulus angle, corner; akin to uncus
hook, Gr. angel hook, fish-hook, G. angel, and F. anchor.]
1. The inclosed space near the point where two lines; a corner; a
nook.
Into the utmost angle of the world. Spenser.
To search the tenderest angles of the heart. Milton.
2. (Geom.)
(a) The figure made by. two lines which meet.
(b) The difference of direction of two lines. In the lines meet, the
point of meeting is the vertex of the angle.
3. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
Though but an angle reached him of the stone. Dryden.
4. (Astrol.)
Definition: A name given to four of the twelve astrological "houses."
[Obs.] Chaucer.
5. Etym: [AS. angel.]
Definition: A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line,
hook, and bait, with or without a rod.
Give me mine angle: we 'll to the river there. Shak.
A fisher next his trembling angle bears. Pope.
Acute angle, one less than a right angle, or less than 90º.
– Adjacent or Contiguous angles, such as have one leg common to
both angles.
– Alternate angles. See Alternate.
– Angle bar. (a) (Carp.) An upright bar at the angle where two
faces of a polygonal or bay window meet. Knight. (b) (Mach.) Same as
Angle iron.
– Angle bead (Arch.), a bead worked on or fixed to the angle of any
architectural work, esp. for protecting an angle of a wall.
– Angle brace, Angle tie (Carp.), a brace across an interior angle
of a wooden frame, forming the hypothenuse and securing the two side
pieces together. Knight.
– Angle iron (Mach.), a rolled bar or plate of iron having one or
more angles, used for forming the corners, or connecting or
sustaining the sides of an iron structure to which it is riveted.
– Angle leaf (Arch.), a detail in the form of a leaf, more or less
conventionalized, used to decorate and sometimes to strengthen an
angle.
– Angle meter, an instrument for measuring angles, esp. for
ascertaining the dip of strata.
– Angle shaft (Arch.), an enriched angle bead, often having a
capital or base, or both.
– Curvilineal angle, one formed by two curved lines.
– External angles, angles formed by the sides of any right-lined
figure, when the sides are produced or lengthened.
– Facial angle. See under Facial.
– Internal angles, those which are within any right-lined figure.
– Mixtilineal angle, one formed by a right line with a curved line.
– Oblique angle, one acute or obtuse, in opposition to a right
angle.
– Obtuse angle, one greater than a right angle, or more than 90º.
– Optic angle. See under Optic.
– Rectilineal or Right-lined angle, one formed by two right lines.
– Right angle, one formed by a right line falling on another
perpendicularly, or an angle of 90º (measured by a quarter circle).
– Solid angle, the figure formed by the meeting of three or more
plane angles at one point.
– Spherical angle, one made by the meeting of two arcs of great
circles, which mutually cut one another on the surface of a globe or
sphere.
– Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two
straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the
center of the eye.
– For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection,
refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Draught,
Incidence, Reflection, Refraction, etc.
An"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Angled; p. pr. & vb. n. Angling.]
1. To fish with an angle (fishhook), or with hook and line.
2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle
for praise.
The hearts of all that he did angle for. Shak.
An"gle, v. t.
Definition: To try to gain by some insinuating artifice; to allure. [Obs.]
"He angled the people's hearts." Sir P. Sidney.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition