Angle, vb., to fish with an angle: “the pleasant'st --ing is to see the fish . . .,” Ado III, 1, 26. “I am --ing now,” Wint. I, 2, 180. Ant. II, 5, 16. to a. for sth: “so a. we for Beatrice,” Ado III, 1, 29. Figuratively, to bait, to try to gain: “she did a. for me,” All's V, 3, 212. “the hearts of all that he did a. for,” H4A IV, 3, 84. “to a. for your thoughts,” Troil. III, 2, 162. “one of the prettiest touches of all and that which --d for mine eyes, caught the water though not the fish,” Wint. V, 2, 90.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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