ppl. a. [f. BAIT v.1 + -ED.]
1. Worried by dogs; fig. harassed, tormented.
1720. Swift, Run on Bank., Wks. 1755, IV. I. 24. A baited banker thus desponds.
Mod. Furious as a baited bull.
2. Furnished with a bait; fig. rendered alluring or enticing, attractive.
c. 1600. Rob. Hood (Ritson), xvi. 44. Others cast in their bated hooks.
a. 1650. Crashaw, Delights Muses (1858), 122. With baited smiles if he display His fawning cheeks.
17629. Falconer, Shipwr., II. 72. The crew spread the baited snare.
1840. R. H. Dana, Bef. Mast, v. 12. We caught one or two with a baited hook.