baiter
nounEtymology From bait + -er.
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Agent Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook.
- The baiter stands amidships, with the bait-box outside the rail: with a tin pint nailed to a long handle he begins throwing out bait, while every man stands to his berth.1853, Lorenzo Sabine, Thomas Corwin, Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas, page 183:
- The hook is easily big enough to pass through a man's hand, and if it catches some part of the baiter's body or clothing, he goes over the side with it.1999, Sebastian Junger, The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea, page 52:
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- When baiting the hooks, the baiter also straightens any bent hooks, replaces worn or damaged ganglions or hooks, and untangles snarls in the line2005, Susan R. Playfair, Vanishing Species: Saving the Fish, Sacrificing the Fisherman, page 65:
- Derived terms
- bearbaiter, master baiter, race-baiter, red-baiter, scambaiter, shark baiter