Lure vs Deadstick - What's the difference?
lure | deadstick |
Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
(fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
* 1594 , , IV. i. 178:
A velvet smoothing brush.
To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
To recall a hawk with a lure.
deceive, trick
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To land an aircraft without power.
To present the lure either by casting or a vertical drop and allow the bait to remain motionless for an extended period before retrieval.
Describing the landing of an aircraft with no power from the engines
As verbs the difference between lure and deadstick
is that lure is to attract by temptation etc; to entice while deadstick is to land an aircraft without power.As a noun lure
is something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.As an adjective deadstick is
describing the landing of an aircraft with no power from the engines.lure
English
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(en noun)- (Milton)
- My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure .
- (Knight)