Definition of bait

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Bait (v. t.) To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses..

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Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
Bait :: Bait (v. t.) To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook..
Chum :: Chum (n.) Chopped pieces of fish used as bait.
Lant :: Lant (n.) Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the American species (A. Americanus) live on sandy shores, buried in the sand, and are caught in large quantities for bait. Called also launce, and sand eel..
Mallotus :: Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod..
Bearhound :: Bearhound (n.) A hound for baiting or hunting bears.
Gudgeon :: Gudgeon (n.) A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons..
Gentle :: Gentle (n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.
Inescation :: Inescation (n.) The act of baiting; allurement.
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..
Sarabaite :: Sarabaite (n.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
Fly-fish :: Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait..
Bob :: Bob (n.) A knot of worms, or of rags, on a string, used in angling, as for eels; formerly, a worm suitable for bait..
Bug :: Bug (n.) One of certain kinds of Crustacea; as, the sow bug; pill bug; bait bug; salve bug, etc..
Hellgramite :: Hellgramite (n.) The aquatic larva of a large American winged insect (Corydalus cornutus), much used a fish bait by anglers; the dobson. It belongs to the Neuroptera..
Loligo :: Loligo (n.) A genus of cephalopods, including numerous species of squids, common on the coasts of America and Europe. They are much used for fish bait..
Slate :: Slate (v. t.) To set a dog upon; to bait; to slat. See 2d Slat, 3..
Spoon :: Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait..
Kibblings :: Kibblings (n. pl.) Portions of small fish used for bait on the banks of Newfoundland.
Cadbait :: Cadbait (n.) See Caddice.
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