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Fish for eels
Answer for the clue "Fish for eels ", 7 letters:
sniggle
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sniggle \Snig"gle\, v. t. To catch, as an eel, by sniggling; hence, to hook; to insnare. --Beau. & Fl.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A sniggle is a type of fish hook used for catching eels (known as snigs), using the method of sniggling . A typical method of sniggling is to tie a fishing line to the middle of a large needle or fish hook. The needle is then inserted along the body of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 To catch an eel by thrusting a baited hook into its den. 2 Alternate spelling and pronunciation of snicker (corruption with giggle.) To chortle or chuckle. 3 (context obsolete English) To steal something of little value; diminutive corruption of snag ...
Usage examples of sniggle.
A subdued sniggle followed this sally of wit, during which John took his seat with such native grace as he could command, which at the moment was not much.
It might be not so hard to get a wee staggie, or to sniggle a salmon in one of the deep pots.
From him Benjie learned how to take a nesting grouse, how to snare a dozen things, from hares to roebuck, how to sniggle salmon in the clear pools, and how to poach a hind when the deer came down in hard weather to the meadows.
Everyone was too intent on the exhibits, or on trying new foods and drinks, or on laughing at the wandering thranx sniggle poets, to pay special attention to one roving human-thranx pair.
In early starlight, because her vision was so much keener than mine, she managed to sniggle two more of the hapless rodents.
It was a cold summer, and there was a searching, prying wind that sniggled round houses, under closed doors, and down the backs of necks.
He set about the work at once, sniggling to himself the while, for he guessed there would be a further rumpus about this some day, and Sebastian was not without a certain pleasure in the thought of Fraulein Rottenmeier being a little disturbed.
His adolescent amour propre could not let him confess to such a thing in front of his disdainful father or his sniggling sister.
It might be not so hard to get a wee staggie, or to sniggle a salmon in one of the deep pots.