Definition of bait

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Bait (v. i.) A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment..

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Fly-fish :: Fly-fish (v. i.) To angle, using flies for bait..
Bate :: Bate (v. t.) To attack; to bait.
Mallotus :: Mallotus (n.) A genus of small Arctic fishes. One American species, the capelin (Mallotus villosus), is extensively used as bait for cod..
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..
Bait :: Bait (v. i.) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey..
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..
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..
Nibble :: Nibble (v. t.) To bite upon something gently or cautiously; to eat a little of a thing, as by taking small bits cautiously; as, fishes nibble at the bait..
Cynarctomachy :: Cynarctomachy (n.) Bear baiting with a dog.
Ligger :: Ligger (n.) A baited line attached to a float, for night fishing. See Leger, a..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait..
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..
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..
Cadbait :: Cadbait (n.) See Caddice.
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..
Polewig :: Polewig (n.) The European spotted goby (Gobius minutus); -- called also pollybait.
Dobson :: Dobson (n.) The aquatic larva of a large neuropterous insect (Corydalus cornutus), used as bait in angling. See Hellgamite..
Sarabaite :: Sarabaite (n.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.
Baiting :: Baiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.
Badger :: Badger (v. t.) To tease or annoy, as a badger when baited; to worry or irritate persistently..
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