Fyke

A fyke is a fishnet, with long wings on each side; in shape like a nightcap with ear lappets; in mechanism like a rat-trap. ❋ Various (1900)

Barely 1,000 men here still fish for silver eel, with bag-shaped "fyke" nets or old-fashioned traps, and for glass eel with special dip nets - though glass eel fishing, centred on the rivers Severn, Wye and Parrett in the south-west, can be an exceedingly lucrative business. ❋ Jon Henley (2010)

He spoke of fyke-nets and drag-nets and warp-lines, and of eel-spearing through the ice. ❋ Various (N/A)

Wha can do nought but fyke an 'fumble, [fuss]' Twad been nae plea; [grievance] ❋ William Allan Neilson (1907)

I drove the stakes in the mud, spread the fyke in the boat, tied the end of one wing to the stake, and cast the whole into the water. ❋ Various (1900)

Then I jumped out of the boat to save the fyke, and the boat got away. ❋ Various (1900)

Then I had to swim again after the boat and row after the fyke, and finally was glad to get my net on dry land, where I left it for a week in the sun. ❋ Various (1900)

The stupid fish come downstream, and, rubbing their noses against the wings, follow the curve toward the fyke and swim into the trap. ❋ Various (1900)

I got the loose end fastened to the boat, and found it impossible to row back against the tide with the fyke. ❋ Various (1900)

There was a sair fyke in the beginning, but the governor, seeing him resolved, gied him his discharge, and he went and dwallt and merried in North Berwick, and had aye a gude name with honest folk free that day on. ❋ Unknown (1893)

There will be no fyke now with trying to please him. ❋ Margaret (1891)

At the World's Fair it appeared that the fishing business had made progress greater than many others which were much more obtrusively displayed, though the fishtrap, the fyke net, and the fishing steamer had all been introduced within a generation. ❋ Elisha Benjamin Andrews (1880)

Infirmary, for a 've eneuch withoot ony fyke (delicate work) o 'that kind. ❋ Ian Maclaren (1878)

There was a sair fyke in the beginning, but the governor, seeing him resolved, gied him his dischairge, and he went and dwallt and merried in North Berwick, and had aye a gude name with honest folk frae that day on. ❋ Robert Louis Stevenson (1872)

I hae often wondered that ony ane that ever bent a knee for the right purpose, should ever daur to crook a hough to fyke and fling at piper's wind and fiddler's squealing. ❋ Unknown (1822)

` ` I have often wondered thorow my life, how any that ever knew what it was to bow a knee in earnest to pray, durst crook a hough to fyke and fling at a piper's and fiddler's springs. ❋ Unknown (1822)

Whi -- whew, whi -- whew, chirrup, chip, chip -- the deck was alive in an instant, "as bees biz out wi" angry fyke. ❋ Michael Scott (1812)

Mike: Did you see amanda and [gretchen] make out? Dick: [Yeahh] it was hott, do you think they're lesbian together? Mike: [Nahh], I just think they're fykes. ❋ Deffinitelyclutch. (2009)

[Kyles mom] is [such a] fyke ❋ Preston99 (2007)

[Percy] was [fyked] by his [ex-girlfriend] really badly!! ❋ Parksy80 (2008)

Guy 1: "did you see that huge guy?" Guy 2: "that was just a fat [dyke]" [Guy 3]: "[no man], you mean a fyke" ❋ Whatanoob (2009)

"Hey Johnny, [check it out], Pat And [Dot] are headin outside, this ought to be a [hell of] a fyke!" ❋ BIG TMW (2008)

"i had to much ket and gin, fyked it" "smart price bitter, [buckfast], [cheap vodka] and [holsten] pills, fyked it m8" ❋ Dr. Pep (2013)

"this weekend is going to be a complete [fyke]..." "That bloke is [fyked] - look at him, he can't even stand!" "Look at that idiot up [the lamp] post - what fyke" "They nicked my wallet, I've been fyked over" ❋ ThebigG (2006)

I am [fyking] with [Zach] because he is [a loser].. but a loser that I love. ❋ Lauren Lenard (2009)

[I wanna] fuck [Rikku]. [FYKE]! ❋ Negger (2003)

Those fykes are [at it] again! ❋ Kwearbaker (2006)