rebait
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rebait (third-person singular simple present rebaits, present participle rebaiting, simple past and past participle rebaited)
- (transitive) To bait again; to readd bait to.
- 2012, Jack Coggins, Marine Painter's Guide:
- Any fish were gaffed and brought aboard, the hooks rebaited, and the line paid out on the other side. The dory thus went down the whole length of the trawl.