释义 |
unˈbaited, ppl. a. [un-1 8.] 1. Not baited or worried by dogs.
15..J. Balnavis ‘O Gallandis all’ 86 (Bann. MS.), Ouer oft to hound in vnkowth ground, Thow ma tak vp vnbaittit. 1672in Picton L'pool Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 341 A bull unbaited. 2. Not furnished with bait.
1880Carnegie Pract. Trapping 61 A sure way of catching this destructive little animal..is to cut a groove in some of the posts or gate posts, in which set an unbaited steel trap. 1905Macm. Mag. Dec. 90 Two rods dangled an unbaited hook and a bedraggled fly in the water. |