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fyke, n. U.S.|faɪk|
Also fike.
[a. Du. fuik.]
a. A bag-net used for catching fish, esp. shad.
1832in T. F. De Voe Market Assistant (1867) 197 They discovered a sea-dog stealing bass from a fuik of a bass-net. 1860Bartlett Dict. Amer., Fyke..the large bow-nets in New York harbor, used for catching shad, are called shad⁓fykes. 1871Game Laws N.Y. in Fur, Fin & Feather (1872) 28 It shall not be lawful for any person to take eels in fikes or pots. 1942C. Weygandt Plenty of Pennsylvania 45 They set fykes for the up-stream run of suckers in March.
b. Comb., as fyke-net; also fyke-fisherman, one who fishes with a fyke (Cent. Dict.).
1842Nat. Hist. N.Y., Zool. i. 54 Mr. Everson..has taken them..in the fyke-nets. 1891W. K. Brooks Oyster 181 The shores..are now so lined by fyke nets..that the number of shad which reach the spawning grounds at all is proportionally much less than it was in 1880. |