Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole);
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Angle \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.
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2. To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as,
to angle for praise.
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The hearts of all that he did angle for. --Shak.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Angling \An"gling\, n.
The act of one who angles; the art of fishing with rod and
line. --Walton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
angling
n 1: fishing with a hook and line (and usually a pole)