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Baiting
(gcide) | Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Baiting.] [OE. baiten, beit[=e]n, to feed, harass, fr.
Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. b[imac]ta.
[root]87. See Bite.]
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1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
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2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
to bait horses. --Holland.
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3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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A crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm.
--W. Irving.
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baiting
(gcide) | baiting \baiting\ (b[=a]t"[i^]ng), n.
harassment, especially of a tethered animal.
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baiting
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n 1: harassment especially of a tethered animal |
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Baiting
(gcide) | Bait \Bait\ (b[=a]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Baited; p. pr. & vb.
n. Baiting.] [OE. baiten, beit[=e]n, to feed, harass, fr.
Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. b[imac]ta.
[root]87. See Bite.]
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1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for
sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull.
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2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as,
to bait horses. --Holland.
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3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook.
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A crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm.
--W. Irving.
[1913 Webster]baiting \baiting\ (b[=a]t"[i^]ng), n.
harassment, especially of a tethered animal.
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Bear baiting
(gcide) | Bear \Bear\ (b[^a]r), n. [OE. bere, AS. bera; akin to D. beer,
OHG. bero, pero, G. b[aum]r, Icel. & Sw. bj["o]rn, and
possibly to L. fera wild beast, Gr. fh`r beast, Skr. bhalla
bear.]
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1. (Zool.) Any species of the genus Ursus, and of the
closely allied genera. Bears are plantigrade Carnivora,
but they live largely on fruit and insects.
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Note: The European brown bear (Ursus arctos), the white
polar bear (Ursus maritimus), the grizzly bear
(Ursus horribilis), the American black bear, and its
variety the cinnamon bear (Ursus Americanus), the
Syrian bear (Ursus Syriacus), and the sloth bear, are
among the notable species.
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2. (Zool.) An animal which has some resemblance to a bear in
form or habits, but no real affinity; as, the woolly bear;
ant bear; water bear; sea bear.
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3. (Astron.) One of two constellations in the northern
hemisphere, called respectively the Great Bear and the
Lesser Bear, or Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.
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4. Metaphorically: A brutal, coarse, or morose person.
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5. (Stock Exchange) A person who sells stocks or securities
for future delivery in expectation of a fall in the
market.
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Note: The bears and bulls of the Stock Exchange, whose
interest it is, the one to depress, and the other to
raise, stocks, are said to be so called in allusion to
the bear's habit of pulling down, and the bull's of
tossing up.
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6. (Mach.) A portable punching machine.
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7. (Naut.) A block covered with coarse matting; -- used to
scour the deck.
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Australian bear. (Zool.) See Koala.
Bear baiting, the sport of baiting bears with dogs.
Bear caterpillar (Zool.), the hairy larva of a moth, esp.
of the genus Euprepia.
Bear garden.
(a) A place where bears are kept for diversion or
fighting.
(b) Any place where riotous conduct is common or
permitted. --M. Arnold.
Bear leader, one who leads about a performing bear for
money; hence, a facetious term for one who takes charge of
a young man on his travels.
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Bull baiting
(gcide) | Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle,
Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr.
the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.]
1. (Zool.) The male of any species of cattle (Bovid[ae]);
hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant;
also, the male of the whale.
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Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the
oryx, a large species of antelope.
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2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or
action. --Ps. xxii. 12.
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3. (Astron.)
(a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac.
(b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and
Gemini. It contains the Pleiades.
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At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun,
And the bright Bull receives him. --Thomson.
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4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise
in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise.
See 4th Bear, n., 5.
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5. a ludicrously false statement; nonsense. Also used as an
expletive. [vulgar]
Syn: bullshit, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, crapola,
bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, nonsense, rot, tommyrot,
balderdash, hogwash, dogshit.
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Bull baiting, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering
them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them.
John Bull, a humorous name for the English, collectively;
also, an Englishman. "Good-looking young John Bull." --W.
D.Howells.
To take the bull by the horns, to grapple with a difficulty
instead of avoiding it.
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