bait
noun
food, or some substitute, used as a lure in fishing, trapping, etc.
rebait
-
a word derived from
bait.
Example Sentences
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Even if I didn’t rebait them, I knew I needed to move the pots around.
From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings
Patiently Matty had helped him to rebait his hook.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
At first they almost invariably forgot in their excitement to take along the bait pail, which meant a second trip for one of them to rebait the hook.
From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo) Burgess
And if, on inspection, the specimen acquired proved to be not the one sought, I should have to add it to the collection and rebait the trap.
From The Uttermost Farthing A Savant's Vendetta by R. Austin (Richard Austin) Freeman
Mr. Cornwall, why don't you rebait your hook and try to catch something?
From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Mathew Joseph Holt
