Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A fishing-line suspended from a branch of a tree, with the hook immersed in the water beneath: used for catching catfish in a Mississippi river overflow.

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Examples

  • Besides a tiny lack of crispness in the brush-line, I can hardly tell it's digital.

    Ooh, get Mister Digital Roger Langridge 2006

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