bait vs hag

bait

verb
  • To intentionally annoy, torment, or threaten by constant rebukes or threats; to harass. 

  • (of a person) To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment during a journey. 

  • To attract with bait; to entice. 

  • (of a horse or other animal) To take food, especially during a journey. 

  • To set dogs on (an animal etc.) to bite or worry; to attack with dogs, especially for sport. 

  • To affix bait to a trap or a fishing hook or fishing line. 

adj
  • Well-known; famous; renowned. 

  • Obvious; blatant. 

noun
  • Food containing poison or a harmful additive to kill animals that are pests. 

  • A light or hasty luncheon. 

  • A packed lunch. 

  • A post intended to get a rise out of others. 

  • Anything which allures; something used to lure or entice someone or something into doing something 

  • A small meal taken mid-morning while farming. 

  • Any substance, especially food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, trap, or net. 

  • A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. 

  • A miner's packed meal. 

hag

verb
  • To harass; to weary with vexation. 

noun
  • An evil woman. 

  • A hagfish; one of various eel-like fish of the family Myxinidae, allied to the lamprey, with a suctorial mouth, labial appendages, and a single pair of gill openings. 

  • A witch, sorceress, or enchantress; a wizard. 

  • A quagmire; mossy ground where peat or turf has been cut. 

  • The fruit of the hagberry, Prunus padus. 

  • A fury; a she-monster. 

  • Sleep paralysis. 

  • A small wood, or part of a wood or copse, which is marked off or enclosed for felling, or which has been felled. 

  • An ugly old woman. 

  • A hagdon or shearwater; one of various sea birds of the genus Puffinus. 

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