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Hook :: Hook (v. t.) To catch or fasten with a hook or hooks; to seize, capture, or hold, as with a hook, esp. with a disguised or baited hook; hence, to secure by allurement or artifice; to entrap; to catch; as, to hook a dress; to hook a trout..

Baiting :: Baiting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bai.

Caddis :: Caddis (n.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvae generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm..

Whitebait :: Whitebait (n.) The young of several species of herrings, especially of the common herring, esteemed a great delicacy by epicures in England..

Inescation :: Inescation (n.) The act of baiting; allurement.

Spoon :: Spoon (n.) Anything which resembles a spoon in shape; esp. (Fishing), a spoon bait..

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

Branlin :: Branlin (n.) A small red worm or larva, used as bait for small fresh-water fish; -- so called from its red color..

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..

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

Bait :: Bait (v. i.) Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net..

Dap :: Dap (v. i.) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.

Cynarctomachy :: Cynarctomachy (n.) Bear baiting with a dog.

Cadbait :: Cadbait (n.) See Caddice.

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..

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

Inescate :: Inescate (v. t.) To allure; to lay a bait for.

Bait :: Bait (v. t.) To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull..

Bate :: Bate (v. i.) To flutter as a hawk; to bait.

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