noun
1. a long fishing line with many shorter lines and hooks attached to it (usually suspended between buoys)
• Syn: ↑trawl, ↑trawl line, ↑setline, ↑trotline
• Hypernyms: ↑fishing line
2. an attacker who sheds or spills blood
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a great hunter and spiller of blood
• Syn: ↑shedder
• Derivationally related forms: ↑spill
Useful english dictionary. 2012.