BPage 24
- English Word Bait Definition Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net.
- English Word Bait Definition Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation.
- English Word Bait Definition A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- English Word Bait Definition A light or hasty luncheon.
- English Word Bait Definition To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
- English Word Bait Definition To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses.
- English Word Bait Definition To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
- English Word Bait Definition To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
- English Word Bait Definition To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
- English Word Baited Definition of Bait
- English Word Baiter Definition One who baits; a tormentor.
- English Word Baiting Definition of Bait
- English Word Baize Definition A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; -- usually dyed in plain colors.
- English Word Bajocco Definition A small copper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.
- English Word Bake Definition To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples.
- English Word Bake Definition To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground.
- English Word Bake Definition To harden by cold.
- English Word Bake Definition To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes.
- English Word Bake Definition To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.
- English Word Bake Definition The process, or result, of baking.