单词 | baiting |
释义 | baitingn. 1. a. The action of setting on dogs to worry a chained or confined animal; formerly, also, the hunting or chasing of wild animals with dogs. Often in combinations: see badger n.2, bear n.1, bull n.1 ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > [noun] baitingc1300 bait?a1500 hounding1854 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] baitingc1300 baitc1400 beast-baiting1606 lugging1614 hank1785 c1300 K. Alis. 199 Of liouns chase, of beore baityng. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 29 Beytynge of bestys wyth howndys. Exagitacio. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xvii. 29 In those great Amphitheaters, were exhibited..their baitings of wild beasts. 1768 J. Boswell Acct. Corsica (ed. 2) 318 I have seen a Corsican in the very heat of a baiting..drive off the dogs. b. figurative. The action of worrying and harassing; persistent annoyance, persecution, torment. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being harassed > [noun] > harassment baiting1303 cumbrance1377 persecutiona1382 pursuita1387 aggrievancea1400 vexing?a1425 molestation1435 stroublance1439 inquietation1461 distrouble1483 infestance1490 encumberment1509 molesting1523 vexationa1525 inquieting1527 inquietance1531 molestie1532 infestationc1540 moiling1565 plaguing1566 pesterment1593 commacerating1599 molestance1642 harass1667 harassing1689 harassment1753 aggrievement1778 badgering1785 pesteration1802 bedevilment1844 worrying1848 tail-twisting1887 bloodhounding1891 aggravation1902 static1923 crap1935 hassle1969 monstering1979 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 10895 He shal hem chastyse wyþ smert speche, Wyþ small baytinges ande nat wyþ wreche. a1643 H. Burton (title) The Baiting of the Pope's Bvll. a1859 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1861) V. 243 Mortified and intimidated by the baiting of the last session. c. attributive, as in baiting-house, baiting-place, baiting-stake. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > place baiting-placea1616 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting or baiting animals > animal baiting > [noun] > stake stake1546 baiting-stakea1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) v. i. 148 Wee'l bate thy Bears to death..If thou dar'st bring them to the bayting place. View more context for this quotation 1689 Polit. Ballads (1860) II. 3 (title) Rome in an Uproar; or, the Pope's Bulls brought to the baiting-stake. 2. a. The action of giving food to horses, or of taking wayside refreshment, upon a journey. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > feeding horses baitingc1440 soil1607 the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > eating in specific conditions > [noun] > eating on journey baitingc1440 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 29 Beytynge of horse, Pabulacio. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III f. xlvj Neuer restynge nor theim selues refreshynge, excepte the baytyng of their horses. 1655 W. Mewe in S. Hartlib Reformed Common-wealth Bees 47 Travellers, that have benighted themselves by their frolick baitings. 1884 Harper's Mag. Oct. 728/2 Hay..for the baiting of the horses. b. The place at which, or occasion when, a halt is made for refreshment on a journey. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey gist?c1225 mansiona1382 baiting1477 station1578 mansion place1584 manzil1619 night stop1787 gite1798 outspan1821 halting-place1826 stopping-place1827 stepping-stone1849 waypoint1860 landing-place1861 stop-off1869 stop-over1881 siding1896 half-way1897 sit-down1898 pull-up1899 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. > resting-place on journey baiting1477 baiting-placec1530 stage1603 post-stage1642 station1722 post station1749 station house1815 stopping-place1827 stage-stand1856 refreshment stop1880 pull-up1899 1477 W. Caxton tr. R. Le Fèvre Hist. Jason (1913) 50 Quene Myrro..taried than not longe at that bayting. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. iv. 14 Mr. Fenwick attended us to our first baiting. c. attributive, as in baiting-place, baiting-season, baiting-town. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town > [noun] > town where journey is broken baiting-townc1530 post town1756 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > accommodation or lodging > [noun] > lodging-place > temporary > for travellers, pilgrims, etc. > resting-place on journey baiting1477 baiting-placec1530 stage1603 post-stage1642 station1722 post station1749 station house1815 stopping-place1827 stage-stand1856 refreshment stop1880 pull-up1899 c1530 A. Barclay Egloges i. sig. Ciij v The court is the baytynge place of hell. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 509 The next stations and baiting townes. a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) iv. 47 This [world] is a baiting-place and not a place of habitation. 1872 H. I. Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lake District (1879) 55 The Wool-Pack Inn, a snug little baiting place. 3. a. The action of furnishing (a hook, trap, etc.), or of strewing a fishing-ground, with bait. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > trapping or snaring > baiting baiting1653 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > type or method of fishing > [noun] > using bait > baiting ground or hook baiting1653 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler 153 This direction for the baiting your ledger hook. View more context for this quotation 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling ii. 56 To repeat the baitings..two or three times. b. attributive, as in baiting-needle, baiting-place. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting area > [noun] > place strewn with bait baiting-place1708 the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > baiting needle probe1662 baiting-needle1875 1708 Proclam. in London Gaz. No. 4452/2 So as to Annoy the Haling of Sayns in the usual Baiting Places. 1875 ‘Stonehenge’ Man. Brit. Rural Sports (ed. 12) i. v. iii. §10 The gimp is passed under a good broad strip of skin with the baiting-needle. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). † baitingadj. Obsolete. rare. That baits: worrying; enticing, attractive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > motivation > attraction, allurement, or enticement > [adjective] tolling?c1225 ticinga1400 allectivec1487 illecebrous1531 alluring1534 tracting1535 wooing1549 enticing1553 training1557 tittling1560 luring1570 adamantine1581 baiting1585 winning1596 attractive1600 adamantic1605 adamantive1605 enticeable1607 soliciting1608 magnetic1611 invitinga1616 allurant1631 inescating1633 invitative1634 magnetical1638 invitatory1646 tractive1658 odalisque1837 Pied Piper1869 lureful1887 follow-me1888 luresome1889 come-hitherish1901 come-hither1905 come-hithery1919 invitational1922 come-hithering1935 the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > worry > [adjective] > causing worry corrosive1581 baiting1585 fretful1737 worrying1826 worrisome1845 worriting1845 fidgety1885 1585 Queen Elizabeth I in W. B. Scoones Four Cent. Eng. Lett. (1880) 29 Some ennemis..shal loose muche travel, with making frustrat thar baiting stratagems. 1663 G. Mackenzie Religio Stoici 128 Far more bating, seing it appeared with all the charmes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.c1300adj.1585 |
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