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angle

Meaning of “angle”

A fishing hook and line.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893
2 occurrences2 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Isaiah 19:8

Complete exact-word concordance

Every verse containing “angle”

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Isaiah 19:8
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 19:8 · retained source text

The fishers also shall mourne, and all they that cast angle into the brookes shall lament, and they that spread nets vpon the waters shall languish.

Habakkuk 1:15
They take up all of them with the angle, they catch them in their net, and gather them in their drag: therefore they rejoice and are glad.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 1:15 · retained source text

They take vp all of them with the angle: they catch them in their net, and gather them in their dragge; therefore they reioyce and are glad.

1611 marginal noteOr, flue-net

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

a rod with a line and hook for fishing.

printed p. 259; PDF p. 279; Internet Archive leaf n278