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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1626
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Fisch, Fysch, v. Also: fysche, fische, fishe. [ME. fysshe, fisch(e, fishe, OE. fiscian.]
1. intr. To try to catch, or engage in catching, fish. Also fig.14.. Acts I. 335/2.
Thai fische apone the haliday c1475 Acts of Schir William Wallace i. 395.
Thow sall haiff leiff to fysche c1475 Ib. 436.
He ȝeid to fysche no mar a1500 Henr. Fab. 1994.
I can nouther fische with huke nor net a1585 Arbuthnot Maitland Quarto MS xlv. 30.
Gaine is my huik and cuttit is my lyne, Amang thir poetis I will fische na mair a1605 Montg. Ch. & Slae 634.
Ȝe fysche befoir the net 1622-6 Bisset II. 231/9.
The admirall … may gif to the inimies subiectis saifconduct to fysche
2. tr. To try to take fish in (a river, lake, etc.).14.. Acts I. 334/2.
Thai fysch the watter nocht kepand the myde streym as law walde c1500 Crying of Play 69.
Scho fischit all the Spanȝe seis c1500-c1512 Dunb. lviii. 18.
Riche befoir puir spreidis ay thair nett, To fische all wateris dois belang thame 1571 Satirical Poems xxviii. 32.
In feild keipand the ky, or fischand Lochis Lin 1605 Reg. Privy C. VII. 130.
[He] past to his crois hard be his hous and fischeit the same
3. tr. To catch (fish) by net or line. Also fig.a1500 Buke of the Sevyne Sagis 990.
It is fer maire To fische a caus heir or thare 1531 Bell. Boece I. p. lix.
This bait is callit ane currok; with the quhilk thay fische salmond [etc.] c1552 Lynd. Mon. 4755.
Thay haif fyscheit in … Ane gret part … of all temporall landis
