nonangling

an·gling

[ang-gling]
noun
the act or art of fishing with a hook and line, usually attached to a rod.
Origin:
1490–1500; angle2 + -ing1

Related forms
non·an·gling, adjective
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angling (ˈæŋɡlɪŋ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
—n
a.  the art or sport of catching fish with a rod and line and a baited hook or other lure, such as a fly; fishing
 b.  (as modifier): an angling contest

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Word Origin & History

angle
"to fish with a hook," late 15c., from O.E. angel (n.) "fishhook," related to anga "hook," from PIE *ank- "to bend" (see angle (n.)). Cf. O.N. öngull, O.H.G. angul, Ger. Angel "fishhook." Figurative sense is recorded from 1580s.
"It is but a sory lyfe and an yuell to stand anglynge all day to catche a fewe fisshes." [John Palsgrave, 1530]

angle
"intersecting lines," late 14c., from L. angulum (nom. angulus) "corner," a dim. form from PIE base *ang-/*ank- "to bend" (cf. Gk. ankylos "bent, crooked," L. ang(u)ere "to compress in a bend, fold, strangle," O.C.S. aglu "corner," Lith. anka "loop," Skt. ankah "hook, bent," O.E. ancleo "ankle," O.H.G.
ango "hook").

Angle
member of a Teutonic tribe, O.E., from L. Angli "the Angles," lit. "people of Angul" (O.N. Öngull), a region in what is now Holstein, said to be so-called for its hook-like shape (see angle (v.)). People from the tribe there founded the kingdoms of Mercia, Northumbia,
and East Anglia in 5c. Britain. Their name, rather than the Saxons or Jutes, may have become the common one for the whole group of Gmc. tribes because their dialect was the first committed to writing. Both anglomania (1787) and anglophobia (1793) are first attested in writings of Thomas Jefferson.
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Medical Dictionary

angle an·gle (āng'gəl)
n.
The figure or space formed by the junction of two lines or planes.

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Science Dictionary
angle   (āng'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 


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  1. A geometric figure formed by two lines that begin at a common point or by two planes that begin at a common line.

  2. The space between such lines or planes, measured in degrees. See also acute angle, obtuse angleright angle.">, right angle.


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angle definition


  1. n.
    a person's understanding of something; someone's unique perspective on an event or happening. : What Bob says is interesting. What's your angle on this, Molly?
  2. n.
    a scheme or deception; a pivotal or critical feature of a scheme; the gimmick in a scheme or plot. : I got a new angle to use in a con job on the old guy.
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