live baitn.
/ˈlʌɪv beɪt/, U.S. /ˈlaɪv ˌbeɪt/ Angling.
A living worm or small fish used as bait. Also: living animals used as bait, regarded collectively.
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1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) iv. xvi. 513 Your Liue-baits are wormes of all kinds.
1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler To Rdr. 7 With advise how to make the Fly, and keep the live baits . View more context for this quotation
1726 Gentleman Angler 71 When you Angle with a Worm, let it drag upon the Ground, when with a Live Bait, then in Mid-water.
1740 R. Brookes Art of Angling i. iv. 23 If you Bait with a Dace, Gudgeon, &c. then put on your Swivel and Reel, and make use of a large Cork-Float, with your Live-bait about Mid-water.
1795 R. Cole Young Angler's Pocket Compan. ix. 35 By some it is thought that the live bait is far superior to any dead bait.
1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. II. 361 Folding live-bait kettle.
1956 News (Adelaide) 23 Jan. 9/2 Pole fishing for tuna using live bait.
1997 J. Wilson Coarse Fishing Method Man. (1998) 126/2 A small livebait for perch or zander.
Derivatives
ˈlive-baiting n. the act or action of fishing with live bait.
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1817 F. Francis Angling iv. 111 Live baiting is the next method for discussion.
1875 Encycl. Brit. II. 44/1 The various methods of fishing for the pike..have already been detailed—spinning, live baiting, paternostering, [etc.].
2002 A. Ristori Compl. Guide Saltwater Fishing iii. 29 Live baiting is very effective when possible, with small tunas and dolphin making ideal baits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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