baitlessadj.
/ˈbeɪtlɪs/ rare.
1. Without food, without refreshment.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food
meatlessOE
fleshlessc1394
foodlessc1450
supperless1509
baitless1600
victless?1615
provisionless1781
cornless1828
appleless1830
victual-less1831
bread-and-butterless1850
faggotless1867
tuckerless1937
1600 S. Rowlands Letting of Humors Blood i. 47 to trauaile so long baitlesse, sure 'tis much.
2. Not furnished with bait (for fish); unbaited.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [adjective] > angling > using bait > not furnished with bait
baitless1854
1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 275/1 Holding in his hand the listless line, whose baitless hook, three fathoms down, has become a jest and a laughing-stock to..the finny tribe.
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adj.1600