bultow

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The cod are taken by the hook-and-line, the seine, the cod-net or gill-net, the cod-trap and the bultow; Brazil and Spain are the largest customers.

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  1. A mode of fishing for cod, by stringing a number of hooks on one line, practised on the Newfoundland banks.

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  1. Said to be from bull, implying ‘large,’ + tow, haul.
 

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