whitebaitn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtbeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌbeɪt/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, whitebaits.

Forms: see white adj. and n. and bait n.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., bait n.¹

Etymology: < white adj. + bait n.¹; in sense 1a so called on account of their use as bait.

a. The small, silvery-white fry of a variety of marine fishes, esp. herring, sprat, and sardine, caught in large numbers in European waters, and regarded as a culinary delicacy; a fish of this kind (rare). Frequently attributive.Formerly sometimes regarded as a distinct species.In quot. 1485: such fry used as bait.

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the world > animals > fish > [noun] > young

mop1466

whitebait1485

gull1495

fishlinga1861

alevin1864

brit1873

post-larva1924

the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > whitebait

whitebait1485

1485 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 97 Item by the takyng and occupying of white bayte in vnlefulle nettes and otherwyse called by sum menn gulche.

1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 227 A young Herring is by some termed a Yaulin, or a White Bait.

1763 in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 93 We had the smallest fish I ever saw, called whitebait; they are only to be eat at Greenwich, and are held in high estimation by the epicures.

1784 in J. Hartley Hist. Westm. Election 515 Worthy Sir Joe, we all are wishing, You'd come with us a White Bait fishing.

1836 J. Mollard Art of Cookery 38 To dress White Bait. This is a fish peculiar to Greenwich and Blackwall.

1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. ii. 49 There are people who dislike salmon, and whitebait, and spring ducklings, and all manner of old-established delicacies.

1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 612 The fishermen distinguish it [sc. Anchovy] from the true ‘Whitebait’, the young of the herring.

1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 201 White-bait shoals swarmed in the Lower Thames and the Medway.

1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class i. iii. 49 All maîtres d'hôtel..are especially fond of little fried things..whitebait, oyster crabs, fried scallops.

1970 E. J. Marsh Inshore Craft Great Brit. I. vii. 227 Erith and Gravesend were fishing centres from which men trawled for whitebait and the brown shrimp abundant in the Thames.

2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 11 A friture (fry-up) of smelts and whitebait recalls the languid rivers of the Loire region.

b. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Juvenile fishes of other waters that resemble the whitebait of Europe and are used similarly as food; a fish of this kind. Frequently attributive.In Australasia whitebait consists chiefly of the young of jollytail or inanga and other fishes of the family Galaxiidae.

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the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > whitebait > fishes resembling

whitebait1840

1840 A. D. W. Best Jrnl. 24 Oct. (1966) 254 The Natives were employed catching White Bait which the[y] took in nets in great numbers.

1883 Royal Comm. on Fisheries of Tasmania p. iv Retropinna Richardsonii, whitebait or smelt. Captured in great abundance in the river Tamar, in the prawn nets.

1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 5 94 Canning-factories at Hokitika do not purchase any fish under the term ‘whitebait’ other than the larval Galaxias attenuatus.

1965 M. E. Gillham Naturalist in N.Z. 147 It was September, soon after the start of the whitebait season.

1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiv. 233/2 The remaining family of galaxiids includes the various whitebaits that constitute important commercial fisheries in New Zealand.

†2. The larva of any of various chafer beetles, used as bait in angling; = white grub n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1g(a)(ii). Obsolete.

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the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs

angletwitcheOE

wormc1320

codwormc1450

redwormc1450

gentle1577

touchangle1581

bob1589

Jack1601

dug1608

codbait1620

caddis-worm1627

caddis1653

cockspur1653

lob-worm1653

marsh worm1653

gilt tail1656

cadew1668

cad1674

ash-grub1676

clap-bait1681

whitebait1681

earth-bob1696

jag-tail1736

buzz1760

treachet1787

angleworm1788

cow-turd-bob1798

palmer bob1814

slob1814

angledog1832

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sedge-worm1839

snake feeder1861

hellgrammite1866

easworm1872

cow-dung bob1880

snake doctora1883

the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > larva of cockchafer

white grub1496

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rook worma1722

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grass grub1854

1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 32 The one [sort of bob]..is call'd the Earth-bob, white-grub, or white-bait.

1758 T. Fairfax Compl. Sportsman 134 The one is justly called the earth bob, white grub, or white bait, being much bigger than a gentle.

1870 Guide Bk. Angling for Young Men Great Brit. 10 White grubs, or white bait, are much larger than gentles, and may be found in sandy and meadow lands.

Compounds

whitebait dinner n. now chiefly historical a dinner consisting principally of whitebait.Whitebait dinners were typically served beside the River Thames and were popular with Londoners during the 19th cent. A particularly grand one was held annually for cabinet ministers at Greenwich (on the origin of this see Encycl. Brit. (1910) XII. 554/2).

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the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food

ambigu1669

oyster feast1718

waffle frolic1744

turtle-frolic1750

turtle-feast1753

turtle1771

turtle-dinner1805

waffle party1808

whitebait dinner1809

blood feast1832

sausage party1848

luau1853

pig roast1887

corn-roast1899

hog roast1908

marshmallow roast1914

spit roast1927

1809 Lt. Arnold Lucky Escapes II. xxiv. 239 Not having enjoyed a white-bait dinner for several years past, they stept into a boat at the Temple stairs, and went to Blackwall.

1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 128 There are few entertainments more popular or agreeable than a whitebait dinner.

1906 Thames & its Story xi. 339 The Ministerial whitebait dinner has..become merely a recollection of the elderly Parliamentarian.

1999 Times 12 Oct. 26/7 The annual ‘Whitebait’ dinner of the Saints & Sinners Club of London held last night at the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitebait
释义	whitebaitn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtbeɪt/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌbeɪt/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, whitebaits. Forms: see white adj. and n. and bait n.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: white adj., bait n.¹ Etymology: < white adj. + bait n.¹; in sense 1a so called on account of their use as bait. 1. a. The small, silvery-white fry of a variety of marine fishes, esp. herring, sprat, and sardine, caught in large numbers in European waters, and regarded as a culinary delicacy; a fish of this kind (rare). Frequently attributive.Formerly sometimes regarded as a distinct species.In quot. 1485: such fry used as bait. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > [noun] > young mop1466 whitebait1485 gull1495 fishlinga1861 alevin1864 brit1873 post-larva1924 the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > whitebait whitebait1485 1485 in L. Wright Sources London Eng. (1996) 97 Item by the takyng and occupying of white bayte in vnlefulle nettes and otherwyse called by sum menn gulche. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 227 A young Herring is by some termed a Yaulin, or a White Bait. 1763 in Priv. Lett. Ld. Malmesbury (1870) I. 93 We had the smallest fish I ever saw, called whitebait; they are only to be eat at Greenwich, and are held in high estimation by the epicures. 1784 in J. Hartley Hist. Westm. Election 515 Worthy Sir Joe, we all are wishing, You'd come with us a White Bait fishing. 1836 J. Mollard Art of Cookery 38 To dress White Bait. This is a fish peculiar to Greenwich and Blackwall. 1862 M. E. Braddon Lady Audley's Secret III. ii. 49 There are people who dislike salmon, and whitebait, and spring ducklings, and all manner of old-established delicacies. 1884 G. B. Goode in G. B. Goode et al. Fisheries U.S.: Sect. I 612 The fishermen distinguish it [sc. Anchovy] from the true ‘Whitebait’, the young of the herring. 1902 C. J. Cornish Naturalist on Thames 201 White-bait shoals swarmed in the Lower Thames and the Medway. 1938 L. Bemelmans Life Class i. iii. 49 All maîtres d'hôtel..are especially fond of little fried things..whitebait, oyster crabs, fried scallops. 1970 E. J. Marsh Inshore Craft Great Brit. I. vii. 227 Erith and Gravesend were fishing centres from which men trawled for whitebait and the brown shrimp abundant in the Thames. 2000 S. Fallon & M. Rothschild World Food: France (Lonely Planet Guide) 11 A friture (fry-up) of smelts and whitebait recalls the languid rivers of the Loire region. b. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Juvenile fishes of other waters that resemble the whitebait of Europe and are used similarly as food; a fish of this kind. Frequently attributive.In Australasia whitebait consists chiefly of the young of jollytail or inanga and other fishes of the family Galaxiidae. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > animals for food > seafood > [noun] > fish > whitebait > fishes resembling whitebait1840 1840 A. D. W. Best Jrnl. 24 Oct. (1966) 254 The Natives were employed catching White Bait which the[y] took in nets in great numbers. 1883 Royal Comm. on Fisheries of Tasmania p. iv Retropinna Richardsonii, whitebait or smelt. Captured in great abundance in the river Tamar, in the prawn nets. 1922 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 5 94 Canning-factories at Hokitika do not purchase any fish under the term ‘whitebait’ other than the larval Galaxias attenuatus. 1965 M. E. Gillham Naturalist in N.Z. 147 It was September, soon after the start of the whitebait season. 1997 G. S. Helfman et al. Diversity of Fishes xiv. 233/2 The remaining family of galaxiids includes the various whitebaits that constitute important commercial fisheries in New Zealand. †2. The larva of any of various chafer beetles, used as bait in angling; = white grub n. at white adj. and n. Compounds 1g(a)(ii). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing-tackle > means of attracting fish > [noun] > bait > worms and grubs angletwitcheOE wormc1320 codwormc1450 redwormc1450 gentle1577 touchangle1581 bob1589 Jack1601 dug1608 codbait1620 caddis-worm1627 caddis1653 cockspur1653 lob-worm1653 marsh worm1653 gilt tail1656 cadew1668 cad1674 ash-grub1676 clap-bait1681 whitebait1681 earth-bob1696 jag-tail1736 buzz1760 treachet1787 angleworm1788 cow-turd-bob1798 palmer bob1814 slob1814 angledog1832 caddis-bait1833 sedge-worm1839 snake feeder1861 hellgrammite1866 easworm1872 cow-dung bob1880 snake doctora1883 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Coleoptera or beetles and weevils > [noun] > Polyphaga (omnivorous) > superfamily Lamellicornia Scarabaeoidea > family Scarabaeidae > genus Melolontha > larva of cockchafer white grub1496 whitebait1681 ton1693 turk1712 rook worma1722 white worm1724 earth-lard1801 grass grub1854 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum iv. 32 The one [sort of bob]..is call'd the Earth-bob, white-grub, or white-bait. 1758 T. Fairfax Compl. Sportsman 134 The one is justly called the earth bob, white grub, or white bait, being much bigger than a gentle. 1870 Guide Bk. Angling for Young Men Great Brit. 10 White grubs, or white bait, are much larger than gentles, and may be found in sandy and meadow lands. Compounds whitebait dinner n. now chiefly historical a dinner consisting principally of whitebait.Whitebait dinners were typically served beside the River Thames and were popular with Londoners during the 19th cent. A particularly grand one was held annually for cabinet ministers at Greenwich (on the origin of this see Encycl. Brit. (1910) XII. 554/2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > feast by type of food ambigu1669 oyster feast1718 waffle frolic1744 turtle-frolic1750 turtle-feast1753 turtle1771 turtle-dinner1805 waffle party1808 whitebait dinner1809 blood feast1832 sausage party1848 luau1853 pig roast1887 corn-roast1899 hog roast1908 marshmallow roast1914 spit roast1927 1809 Lt. Arnold Lucky Escapes II. xxiv. 239 Not having enjoyed a white-bait dinner for several years past, they stept into a boat at the Temple stairs, and went to Blackwall. 1836 W. Yarrell Hist. Brit. Fishes II. 128 There are few entertainments more popular or agreeable than a whitebait dinner. 1906 Thames & its Story xi. 339 The Ministerial whitebait dinner has..become merely a recollection of the elderly Parliamentarian. 1999 Times 12 Oct. 26/7 The annual ‘Whitebait’ dinner of the Saints & Sinners Club of London held last night at the Trafalgar Tavern, Greenwich. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1485
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