A piscatory life. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a piscatory treaty. ,a piscatory people; piscatory birds. From Dictionary.com.
In fact, our piscatory character could not be doubted. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
A few chubs were all the fruit of his piscatory efforts. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866] Reference
If an angler step over his fishing-rod, he will have indifferent piscatory sport. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
The "piscatory flavor" of the air and the hat like a wheel of Stilton definitely got me, too. From Wordnik.com. [The WritingYA Weblog: TBR3: A Tale of Two Cities - Ending the First Book] Reference
At this particular point the piscatory effect is intensified by the dam just above Hampton Bridge. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876] Reference
His birthday-celebration dinner, at which the New Year's piscatory phenomenon figures in the bill of fare. From Wordnik.com. [The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52] Reference
Joscelin winding the cord of his fishing-line and explaining the finer points of the piscatory arts to Imri. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
"How far is it to Taunton?" said a countryman, who was walking exactly the wrong way to reach that commercial and piscatory centre. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 20, June, 1859] Reference
Pursuant to the mode of the country, and the recommendation of the natives, my two companions embarked in a pram to seek the piscatory treasures of this pool. From Wordnik.com. [A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition] Reference
Indeed, it is chronicled that the evolutions of this lively member of the piscatory tribe were so brisk, that the difficulty was the exact opposite of what was anticipated, namely, how to keep the water in. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 96, October 1865] Reference
Have we never encountered a piscatory Gargilius near the. From Wordnik.com. [Horace] Reference
Chalkhill is no other than our old piscatory friend incognito. From Wordnik.com. [Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature] Reference
I see you are not a great proficient at the piscatory science. From Wordnik.com. [Highways and Byways in Surrey] Reference
Minotaur, giving him the name Merovig from his piscatory origin. From Wordnik.com. [Hero Tales and Legends of the Rhine] Reference
The piscatory brotherhood are indebted to him for having revived Walton's. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 186, May 21, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.] Reference
There are, however, two defects in the piscatory eclogue, which perhaps cannot be supplied. From Wordnik.com. [The Rambler, sections 1-54 (1750); from The Works of Samuel Johnson, in Sixteen Volumes, Volume I] Reference
On the whole, they differed widely in appearance from the piscatory tribes we had seen along the river. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River] Reference
'ODD-ZOUNDS!' thought we, on glancing at the subject of the ensuing piscatory epistle, 'what can all this outcry mean?'. From Wordnik.com. [The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4] Reference
Then and there he was first struck with the charms of the piscatory princess, as she exerted herself to entertain her father's guest. From Wordnik.com. [Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains] Reference
During a run of upwards of 5,000 miles, our little piscatory pilot was never once known, by day or night, to intermit preceding the ship's bow. From Wordnik.com. [Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia River] Reference
Among them, one called Trimalcio was such an adept in his art, that he could impart to common fish both the form and flavour of the most esteemed of the piscatory tribes. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Household Management] Reference
The air among the houses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it, as sick people went down to be dipped in the sea. From Wordnik.com. [Dickens-Land] Reference
18 A kettle of fish is a fête-champêtre of a particular kind, which is to other fêtes-champêtres what the piscatory eclogues of Brown or. From Wordnik.com. [Saint Ronan's Well] Reference
Come -- are we ready for this piscatory excursion? ". From Wordnik.com. [Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
For all his fowls his piscatory glade. From Wordnik.com. [The Columbiad] Reference
To hunt down jokes of piscatory humor. From Wordnik.com. [The Fish Reporter] Reference
To hunt down jokes of piscatory humour. From Wordnik.com. [Walking-Stick Papers] Reference
'That's your New England piscatory dainty?. From Wordnik.com. [A Red Wallflower] Reference
Come – are we ready for this piscatory excursion?. From Wordnik.com. [The Hills of the Shatemuc] Reference
The piscatory spoil. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches — Volume 04] Reference
18. piscatory. From Wordnik.com. [A Spelling-Book for Advanced Classes] Reference
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