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bait
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /be?t/
- Rhymes: -e?t
Etymology 1
From Middle English bayte, bait, beite, from Old Norse beita (“food, bait”), from Proto-Germanic *bait? (“that which is bitten, bait”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with German Beize (“mordant, corrosive fluid; marinade; hunting”), Old English b?t (“that which can be bitten, food, bait”). Related to bite.
Noun
bait (countable and uncountable, plural baits)
- Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net.
- Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests.
- Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something
- A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment.
- 1818, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, chapter 20 page 70
- The tediousness of a two hours' bait at Petty-France, in which there was nothing to be done but to eat without being hungry, and loiter about without any thing to see, next followed[…]
- (Tyneside) A packed lunch.
- (East Anglia) A small meal taken mid-morning while farming.
- (Northern England) A miner's packed meal.
- A light or hasty luncheon.
- 1818, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, chapter 20 page 70
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
- Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[3]
- A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN
Verb
bait (third-person singular simple present baits, present participle baiting, simple past and past participle baited)
- (transitive) To attract with bait; to entice.
- (transitive) To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line.
- a crooked pin […] baited with a vile earthworm
Translations
Usage notes
- This verb is sometimes confused in writing with the rare verb bate, which is pronounced identically; in particular, the expression with bated breath is frequently misspelled *with baited breath by writers unfamiliar with the verb bate.
Etymology 2
From Middle English bayten, baiten, beiten, from Old Norse beita (“to bait, cause to bite, feed, hunt”), from Proto-Germanic *baitijan? (“to cause to bite, bridle”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?eyd- (“to cleave, split, separate”). Cognate with Icelandic beita (“to bait”), Swedish beta (“to bait, pasture, graze”), German beizen (“to cause to bite, bait”), Old English b?tan (“to bait, hunt, bridle, bit”).
Verb
bait (third-person singular simple present baits, present participle baiting, simple past and past participle baited)
- (transitive) To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport.
- to bait a bear with dogs;? to bait a bull
- (transitive) To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass.
- (transitive, now rare) To feed and water (a horse or other animal), especially during a journey.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 1, p. 12,[4]
- The Sunne that measures heauen all day long,
- At night doth baite his steedes the Ocean waues emong.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, London: William Ponsonbie, Book 1, Canto 1, p. 12,[4]
- (intransitive) (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey.
- (intransitive) (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey.
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, in Paradise Regain’d, to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, p. 89, line 539,[5]
- For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
- 1677, John Evelyn, Diary entry for 13 September, 1677, in Memoirs of John Evelyn, London: Henry Colburn, 1827, Volume 2, p. 433,[6]
- My Lord’s coach convey’d me to Bury, and thence baiting at Newmarket, stepping in at Audley End to see that house againe, I slept at Bishops Strotford, and the next day home.
- 1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, p. 62,[7]
- At Break of Day we arose, and after a short Repast march’d on till Noon, when we baited among some shady Trees near a Pond of Water […]
- 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, in Paradise Regain’d, to which is added Samson Agonistes, London: John Starkey, p. 89, line 539,[5]
See also
- Baiting on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 3
French battre de l'aile or des ailes, to flap or flutter.
Verb
bait (third-person singular simple present baits, present participle baiting, simple past and past participle baited)
- (obsolete, intransitive) To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey.
Etymology 4
Etymology unknown.
Adjective
bait (comparative more bait, superlative most bait)
- (MLE) Obvious; blatant.
- (MLE) Well-known; famous; renowned.
Synonyms
- (obvious): See also Thesaurus:obvious
- (well-known): See also Thesaurus:famous
Anagrams
- IBAT, a bit, bati, tabi
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German w?t, from Old High German w?t, from Proto-Germanic *w?daz (“wide, broad”). Cognate with German weit, Dutch wijd, English wide, Icelandic víður.
Adjective
bait (comparative baitor, superlative dar baitorste) (Sette Comuni, Luserna)
- wide, broad
- distant, far
Declension
Synonyms
- (distant): bèrre
Derived terms
- baitekhot
References
- “bait” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay bait, from Arabic ?????? (bayt), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?ba.?t??]
- Hyphenation: ba?it
Noun
bait (plural bait-bait, first-person possessive baitku, second-person possessive baitmu, third-person possessive baitnya)
- house (abode)
- home (house or structure in which someone lives)
- (literature) couplet (a pair of lines in poetry)
- Synonyms: untai, kuplet
Affixed terms
Further reading
- “bait” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /baet/
- (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ba?t/
- Rhymes: -aet, -et
Etymology 1
From Arabic ?????? (bayt), from Proto-Semitic *bayt-.
Noun
bait (Jawi spelling ????, plural bait-bait, informal 1st possessive baitku, impolite 2nd possessive baitmu, 3rd possessive baitnya)
- house (abode)
- home (house or structure in which someone lives)
- (literature) couplet (a pair of lines in poetry)
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: bait
Etymology 2
From English byte.
Noun
bait (Jawi spelling ??????, plural bait-bait, informal 1st possessive baitku, impolite 2nd possessive baitmu, 3rd possessive baitnya)
- byte
Further reading
- “bait” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Middle English
Noun
bait
- Alternative form of bayte
Welsh
Alternative forms
- baet
Verb
bait
- (literary) second-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod
Synonyms
- byddit
- byddet
Mutation
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nettle
English
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Middle English netle, netel, from Old English netle, netele, netel, from Proto-West Germanic *natilu (cognate with Old Saxon netila, Middle Dutch netele (modern Dutch netel), German Nessel, Middle Danish nædlæ (“nettle”)), a diminutive of Proto-Germanic *nat? (of unknown origin, perhaps from the same source as net).
Pronunciation
- enPR: n?t'(?)l, IPA(key): /?n?t(?)l/
- Rhymes: -?t(?)l
Noun
nettle (plural nettles)
- Any plant whose foliage is covered with stinging, mildly poisonous hairs, causing an instant rash.
- Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles:
- Most, but not all, subspecies of Urtica dioica (common nettle),
- Urtica incisa (Australian nettle);
- Wood nettle (Laportea canadensis);
- Bull nettles and spurge nettles of genus Cnidoscolus:
- Cnidoscolus stimulosus, bull nettle, spurge nettle,
- Cnidoscolus texanus, Texas bull nettle,
- Cnidoscolus urens, bull nettle,
- Nettle trees or tree nettles:
- Various species of the genus Dendrocnide:
- Urera baccifera (scratchbush),
- Urtica ferox (tree nettle);
- rock nettle (Eucnide);
- small-leaved nettle (Dendrocnide photinophylla).
- Especially, most species of herb genus Urtica, the stinging nettles:
- Certain plants that have spines or prickles:
- ball nettle (Solanum carolinense);
- Solanum elaeagnifolium, bull nettle, silver-leaf nettle, white horse-nettle;
- Solanum dimidiatum, western horse-nettle, robust horse-nettle;
- Solanum rostratum, horse-nettle;
- Celtis (hackberry).
- Certain non-stinging plants, mostly in the family Lamiaceae, that resemble the species of Urtica:
- dead nettle, dumb nettle (Lamium), particularly Lamium album, white nettle;
- false nettle (Boehmeria, family Urticaceae);
- flame nettle or painted nettle (Coleus);
- hedge nettle (Stachys);
- hemp nettle (Galeopsis);
- horse nettle Agastache urticifolia,
- nilgiri nettle, Himalayan giant nettle (Girardinia diversifolia, family Urticaceae).
- Loosely, anything which causes a similarly stinging rash, such as a jellyfish or sea nettle.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
nettle (third-person singular simple present nettles, present participle nettling, simple past and past participle nettled)(transitive)
- (transitive) Of the nettle plant and similar physical causes, to sting, causing a rash in someone.
- The children were badly nettled after playing in the field.
- c. 1597, William Shakespeare, Henry IV, Part 1, Act I, Scene 3,[1]
- […] I am whipp’d and scourged with rods,
- Nettled and stung with pismires, when I hear
- Of this vile politician, Bolingbroke.
- (transitive, figuratively) To pique, irritate, vex or provoke.
- 1679, Aphra Behn, The Feign’d Curtizans, London: Jacob Tonson, Act V, Scene 1, p. ,[2]
- His Mistress: whose Mistress, what Mistress; s’life how that little word has nettled me!
- 1741, Samuel Richardson, Pamela; or, Virtue Rewarded, London: C. Rivington & J. Osborn, 2nd edition, Volume I, Letter 31, p. 212,[3]
- I saw Mr. Williams was a little nettled at my Impatience […]
- 1985, United States. Foreign Broadcast Information Service, Daily Report: People's Republic of China (issues 180-189, page 42)
- Liu, whose political writings had nettled the Taiwanese authorities, was assassinated on October 15, last year, in Daly City […]
- 1679, Aphra Behn, The Feign’d Curtizans, London: Jacob Tonson, Act V, Scene 1, p. ,[2]
Translations
Anagrams
- letten, telnet
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