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Baited
Bait Bait, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baited; p. pr. & vb. n. Baiting.] [OE. baiten, beit?n, to feed, harass, fr. Icel. beita, orig. to cause to bite, fr. b[=i]ta. [root]87. See Bite.] 1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull. 2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses. --Holland. 3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. --W. Irving.
Bait
Bait Bait, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baited; p. pr. & vb. n. Baiting.] [OE. baiten, beit?n, to feed, harass, fr. Icel. beita, orig. to cause to bite, fr. b[=i]ta. [root]87. See Bite.] 1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull. 2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses. --Holland. 3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. --W. Irving.
Bait
Bait Bait, n. [Icel. beita food, beit pasture, akin to AS. b[=a]t food, Sw. bete. See Bait, v. i.] 1. Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net. 2. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. --Fairfax. 3. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. 4. A light or hasty luncheon. Bait bug (Zo["o]l), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura.

Meaning of Baited from wikipedia

- Look up bait in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bait may refer to: Bait (luring substance), bait as a luring substance Fishing bait, bait used for fishing...
- Variations involved other animals being baited, especially bulls. Bull-baiting was a contest which was similar to bear baiting in which the bull was chained to...
- advertised in the newspaper in 1774. BULL BAITING. On Wednesday next, being St. Thomas's Day, Two Bulls will be baited in the Market-Place, Wokingham, which...
- MacDonald that received the Lambda Literary Award for Drama in 2010 With Baited Breath, a 2012 audio drama by George Mann that was written as a background...
- Bait money or bait bills are bills with known serial numbers, used by banks to aid the tracing of bank robbers. The serial numbers are recorded by the...
- Fishing bait is any luring substance used specifically to attract and catch fish, typically when angling with a hook and line. There are generally two...
- Troll bait may refer to: The bait used in trolling, a fishing method where baited fishing lines are drawn through water A flame bait, a provocative or...
- Look up shark bait in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Shark Bait may refer to: Shark baiting, a procedure to attract sharks Shark Bait (film), a 2006...
- Depicting African-American children as alligator bait was a common trope in American po****r culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. The motif was present...
- Robert Menzies red-baited Labor politicians and described them as insufficiently tough on the People's Republic of China.: 93  Red-baiting was emplo**** in...