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(noun) - (1) A method of . . . angling for pike, used in the broads and rivers in Norfolk. The fisherman has no rod, but has the usual reel and, by the help of a crotch-stick, throws his bait a considerable distance from him into the water, and then draws it gently towards him. It is much practised by poachers, as there is no rod or pole to betray their intention.
--Rev. Robert Forby's Vocabulary of East Anglia, 1830
(2) Piscarie . . . signifieth in our common lawe a libertie of fishing in another man's waters.
--John Cowell's Interpreter of Signification of Words, 1607 (Commenter's note. No, this isn't what I thought it was. Thank goodness).
January 15, 2018