fished

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fished - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Fish \Fish\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fished; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Fishing.]
     1. To attempt to catch fish; to be employed in taking fish,
        by any means, as by angling or drawing a net.
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     2. To seek to obtain by artifice, or indirectly to seek to
        draw forth; as, to fish for compliments.
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              Any other fishing question.           --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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