ground-baitn.
1. † a. A bait used in bottom-fishing (obsolete rare).
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1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 3 I am determined to Angle with the ground Baits and set my Tackles to my Rod.
1653 T. Barker Art of Angling 1 I am indifferent where the wind standeth, either with ground Bait or Menow, so that I can cast my Bait into the River.
b. A bait thrown to the bottom of the water in which it is intended to fish, in order to lure the fish thither. Also figurative.
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > thrown in water
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chum1872
1655 I. Walton Compl. Angler (ed. 2) x. 238 The Ground Bait.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 59 I expect not to catch the old Jack till I have disposed my ground-baits handsomely.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 9 Dec. 2/1 Is a candidate entitled to lay..ground-bait? In plainer terms, may he give subscriptions [etc.].
1895 ‘J. Bickerdyke’ in ‘J. Bickerdyke’ et al. Sea Fishing (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) vi. 184 Then the ground-bait net will be found of great advantage..Sink this [ground-bait] in a piece of netting, by means of stones, near the bottom, and fish close to it.
2. Northumberland. The loach or groundling.
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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk.
1880–4 F. Day Fishes Great Brit. & Ireland II. 204 Names..ground-bait. or groundgudgeon. Northumberland.
Derivatives
ground-bait v. to lay with ground-bait (also figurative).
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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [verb (transitive)] > bait a hook > bait a place
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chum1857
1840 D. P. Blaine Encycl. Rural Sports 1031 It is the practice of all experienced anglers..to groundbait the spots they intend to fish in.
1899 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 977/1 He will have to ‘ground~bait’ the place heavily, if he wishes decent attendance.
ground-baiting n.
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1896 A. Morrison Child of Jago 236 A large swindle, requiring much ground-baiting and preliminary out~lay.
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