bait

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Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.

(co)

Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
(quote-journal)
Something that lures or entices a specified group
A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
{{quote-text|en|year=1824|author=Thomas Fielding|title=Select Proverbs of All Nations|page=132
(RQ:Austen Northanger Abbey)
A lunch.
A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
A miner's packed meal.
A light or hasty luncheon.
A post intended to a rise out of others.

(ux)

To attract with bait; to entice.
To affix bait to a trap or a hook or line.
{{RQ:Irving Sketch Book
To lay baits in an environment to control pest species.
To target a pest species by laying baits.
To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.

''to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull''

To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
(RQ:Scott Journal)
To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
(RQ:Malory Le Morte Darthur)
(RQ:Spenser Faerie Queene)
(''of a horse or other animal'') To take food, especially during a journey.
(RQ:Montaigne Florio Essayes)
(''of a person'') To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
(RQ:Milton Samson Agonistes)
(RQ:Evelyn Diary)
(RQ:Swift Directions to Servants)
{{quote-text|en|year=1743|author=Drury (sailor)|Robert Drury|title=The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar|url=https://archive.org/details/pleasantandsurp00drurgoog|page=62|location=London
To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
(RQ:Shakespeare Taming of the Shrew)
Obvious; blatant.
(quote-song); Tim Westwood| title=Power| album=Famous?| passage=I've been at home all day / Cloning £50 notes, this is sick / But it's a bit bait / Cause all the serial numbers are the same / So I can't spend them in the same place
Well-known; famous; renowned.
(quote-song); Ryan "Scratchy" Williams| title=Bait Face| album=(w)| passage=My face is bait, I can't hide it
wide, broad

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