subs. (common).—1. Anger; a WAX (q.v.).
1882. T. A. GUTHRIE (‘F. Anstey’), Vice Versâ, v. I went calmly on … as if nothing was the matter. That put the Proctor in a BAIT.
2. (old legal).—A fee; a REFRESHER (q.v.).
1603. FLORIO, Montaigne, II. xii. Have you paid him [a Lawyer] well, have you given him a good BAIT or fee?
WELSH (or SCOTCH) BAIT, subs. phr. (common).—A rest, given to a horse, at the top of a hill; a BREATHER (q.v.).
1662. FULLER, Worthies, iv. 7.
