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Bait :: Bait (v. i.) Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.

Entice :: Entice (v. t.) To draw on, by exciting hope or desire; to allure; to attract; as, the bait enticed the fishes. Often in a bad sense: To lead astray; to induce to evil; to tempt; as, the sirens enticed them to listen..

Angleworm :: Angleworm (n.) A earthworm of the genus Lumbricus, frequently used by anglers for bait. See Earthworm..

Bite :: Bite (v.) The act of seizing with the teeth or mouth; the act of wounding or separating with the teeth or mouth; a seizure with the teeth or mouth, as of a bait; as, to give anything a hard bite..

Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.

Sarabaite :: Sarabaite (n.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.

Dobson :: Dobson (n.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite..

Capelin :: Capelin (n.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonidae, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod..

Bulldog :: Bulldog (n.) A variety of dog, of remarkable ferocity, courage, and tenacity of grip; -- so named, probably, from being formerly employed in baiting bulls..

Gentle :: Gentle (n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

Bearhound :: Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.

Ligger :: Ligger (n.) A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a..

Cunner :: Cunner (n.) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer..

Badgerer :: Badgerer (n.) A kind of dog used in badger baiting.

Snap :: Snap (v. i.) To make an effort to bite; to aim to seize with the teeth; to catch eagerly (at anything); -- often with at; as, a dog snapsat a passenger; a fish snaps at the bait..

Mallotus :: Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod..

Baited :: Baited (imp. & p. p.) of Bai.

Angle :: Angle (v. i.) To use some bait or artifice; to intrigue; to scheme; as, to angle for praise..

Bite :: Bite (v. i.) To take a bait into the mouth, as a fish does; hence, to take a tempting offer..

Pearlfish :: Pearlfish (n.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait..

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