1. = CAD-BAIT (see CAD4): generally identified with the CADDIS-WORY, though sometimes said to be distinct. [It is possible that this belongs etymologically to COD sb.1, the larva being in a case.]
1626. G. Sandys, Ovid’s Met. (1640), 286. Codbates and Strawbates which lye under water [convert] into Mayflies.
1651–7. T. Barker, Art of Angling (1826), 21. The Cod bait (as we call it) but named here a cadice.
1706. R. H., Angler’s Sure Guide, 30. Cod-Bait are much larger than Cadise, and of a more yellowish colour.
1740. R. Brookes, Art of Angling, I. iii. 14. The Cod-Bait, Cadis-worm, and Straw-worm are only different Names for the same Bait.
1833. J. Rennie, Alph. Angling, 34. The grubs, which are known by the name of caddis-worms, case-worms, cad or cod bait, and ruff-coats, are the young of flies.
2. Sc. A large sea-worm, dug from wet sands; also called lug. [? Bait for COD (sb.3).]
