Baited

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Baited}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Baiting}.] [OE. baiten, beit[=e]n, to feed, harass, fr.
     Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. b[imac]ta.
     [root]87. See {Bite}.]
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     1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for


        sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
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     2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
        to bait horses. --Holland.
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     3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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              A crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm.
                                                    --W. Irving.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "baited":
     badgered, bedeviled, beset, bugged, bullyragged, chivied, deviled,
     dogged, harassed, harried, heckled, hectored, hounded, needled,
     nipped at, persecuted, pestered, picked on, plagued, ragged,
     teased, tormented, worried