bait : Idioms & Phrases

• noun a deceptive way of selling that involves advertising a product at a very low price in order to attract customers who are then persuaded to switch to a more expensive product
  

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• (Zoöl), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura.

Webster 1913

• noun the single-handed rod casting of a relatively heavy (artificial) bait
  

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• the sport of baiting bears with dogs.

Webster 1913

• the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.

Webster 1913

• noun an emaciated horse likely soon to become carrion and so attractive to crows
  crowbait.
  

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• noun bait scattered on the water to attract fish
  

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• bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc., thrown into the water to collect the fish, Wallon.

Webster 1913

• fishing bait attached to a floating line fastened to the bank of a stream, pond, etc. Walton. J. H. Walsh.

Webster 1913

• (Fishing), a lure used in trolling, consisting of a glistening metallic plate shaped like the bowl of a spoon with a fishhook attached.

Webster 1913