Bait
Food to entice or allure, as bait for fish. Bait for
travellers is a “feed” by way of refreshment taken en passant.
(Anglo-Saxon, bætan , to bait or feed.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Bait from Fact Monster:
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