baiter

plural baiters

1. agentAgent noun of bait; one who baits, as a fishhook.

   When baiting the hooks, the baiter also straightens any bent hooks, replaces worn or damaged ganglions or hooks, and untangles snarls in the line

   2005, Susan R. Playfair, Vanishing Species: Saving the Fish, Sacrificing the Fisherman, page 65

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   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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