Defn: To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of
one's self or one's beasts, on a journey.
Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton.
My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting aEvelyn.
BAIT Bait, v. i. Etym: [F. battre de l'aile (or des ailes), to flap oBatter, v. i.]
Defn: To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey. "Kites that bait and beat." Shak.
BAITER
Bait"er, n.
Defn: One who baits; a tormentor.
BAIZE
Baize, n. Etym: [For bayes, pl. fr. OF. baie; cf. F. bai bay-colored.
See Bay a color.]
Defn: A coarse woolen stuff with a long nap; — usually dyed in plain
colors.
A new black baize waistcoat lined with silk. Pepys.
BAJOCCO
Ba*joc"co, n. Etym: [It., fr. bajo brown, bay, from its color.]
Defn: A small cooper coin formerly current in the Roman States, worth about a cent and a half.
BAKE
Bake, v. t. [imp.& p. p. Baked; p. pr. & vb. n. Baking.] Etym: [AS.
bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baca,
Dan. bage, Gr.