fyke
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of fyke
1825–35, < Dutch fuik, Middle Dutch fuycke; cognate with Old Frisian fūcke
Example Sentences
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The banks of the Presumpscot River, which flows through the state’s largest city of Portland, has been flanked by fishermen with fyke nets in recent weeks.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 11, 2022
Fifty-nine stations were sampled one or more times, using seines, hoop and fyke nets, wire traps, experimental gill nets, rotenone, and an electric fish shocker.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
Entrapment Devices.—Hoop and fyke nets and wire traps were used for 288 trap/net hours in 1957.
From Fishes of the Big Blue River Basin, Kansas by Minckley, W. L.
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.
From Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor Volume I by Masson, Thomas L.
Whi—whew, whi—whew, chirrup, chip, chip—the deck was alive in an instant, "as bees biz out wi" angry fyke.
From Tom Cringle's Log by Scott, Michael
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