The natural or artificial charge of a hook, to allure fish.
·vi A light or hasty luncheon. II. Bait ·vt To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. III....
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
A halt and a resting on a stick, as practised by pedlars. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The large sea-worm or lug, dug from the wet sands. The squid or cuttle, herrings, caplin, any meat, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
, or groundling. A loach or loche. ...
The Clupea alba, a well-known fish caught in the Thames, but strictly a sea-fish, erroneously held t...