Bible Dictionaries
Ange

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.

(2):

(v. t.) To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ange'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ange.html. 1828.