ppl. a. [f. BAIT v.1 + -ED.]

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  1.  Worried by dogs; fig. harassed, tormented.

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1720.  Swift, Run on Bank., Wks. 1755, IV. I. 24. A baited banker thus desponds.

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  Mod.  Furious as a baited bull.

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  2.  Furnished with a bait; fig. rendered alluring or enticing, attractive.

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c. 1600.  Rob. Hood (Ritson), xvi. 44. Others cast in their bated hooks.

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a. 1650.  Crashaw, Delights Muses (1858), 122. With baited smiles if he display His fawning cheeks.

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1762–9.  Falconer, Shipwr., II. 72. The crew … spread the baited snare.

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1840.  R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, v. 12. We caught one or two with a baited hook.

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