The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Fishing.]
   1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish,
      by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
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   2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to
      draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
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            Any other fishing question.           --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.
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