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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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FISHING, vbl.n. Sc. combs.: 1. fishing-bags, the flowers of the calceolaria (Gsw. c.1890); 2. fishing-baillie, an official appointed to regulate disputes amongst herring fishermen. See Bailie.3. fishing eagle, the osprey, Pandion haliaetus (Abd. 1846 W. Macgillivray Brit. Birds III. 239); 4. fishing-hawk, id., see Fish, n., 3.; 5. fishin(g)-wan(d), a fishing-rod (Sc. 1825 Jam.; Sh., Ork., n.Sc., Ags., Fif., Dmf. 1951).4. Sc. 1733 Orpheus Caledonius II. 99:
A Fishing-wand with Huik and Line.Sc. 1791 P. White Sc. Fisheries 127:
There is at present an officer appointed, under the Board of Trustees for Fisheries and manufactures, called fishing baillie, with authority to settle disputes amongst the fishers.Sc. 1814 Scott Waverley ix.:
Trimming the laird's fishing-wand or busking his flies.Ags. 1889 Barrie W. in Thrums xi.:
I was in the garden putting some rings on a fishing wand.s.Sc. 1925 W. S. Lockhart Guidherts of Moat Brae 173:
I gaed thro' the same performance wi' my fishin' wand.