What is to furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. W. Irving called?
bait — To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. A crooked pin . . . bailed with a vile earthworm. W. Irving. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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