Balter vs Baiter - What's the difference?
balter | baiter |
To tumble; dance clumsily.
To become tangled or matted.
To tread down in a clumsy manner.
To tangle; clot; mat (as in the hair).
Agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook.
* 1853 , Lorenzo Sabine, Thomas Corwin, Report on the Principal Fisheries of the American Seas , p. 183:
* 1999 , , The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea , p. 52:
* 2005 , Susan R. Playfair, Vanishing Species: Saving the Fish, Sacrificing the Fisherman , p. 65:
(Internet, slang) A troll who deliberately posts aggravating messages on a message board to elicit responses.
As a verb balter
is to tumble; dance clumsily.As a noun baiter is
agent noun of bait; one who baits, as with a fishhook.balter
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Noun
(en noun)- 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.
- 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.
- When baiting the hooks, the baiter also straightens any bent hooks, replaces worn or damaged ganglions or hooks, and untangles snarls in the line