Fowling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fowl \Fowl\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fowled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Fowling}.]
     To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting,
     or by decoys, nets, etc.
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           Such persons as may lawfully hunt, fish, or fowl.
                                                    --Blackstone.
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     {Fowling piece}, a light gun with smooth bore, adapted for
        the use of small shot in killing birds or small
        quadrupeds.
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