Obs. rare. [f. BAIT v. + -ING2.] That baits: worrying; enticing, attractive.

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1585.  Q. Eliz., in Four C. Eng. Lett., 29. Some ennemis … shal loose muche travel, with making frustrat thar baiting stratagems.

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1663.  Sir G. Mackenzie, Relig. Stoic., xv. (1658), 137. Far more baiting, seeing it appeared with all the charms.

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