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cad-bait
cad-bait, -bit, -bote see cad4. Oxford English Dictionary
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cod-bait
cod-bait 1. = cad-bait (see cad4): generally identified with the caddis-worm, though sometimes said to be distinct. [It is possible that this belongs etymologically to cod n.1, the larva being in a case.]1626 G. Sandys Ovid's Met. (1640) 286 Codbates and Strawbates which lye under water [convert] in... Oxford English Dictionary
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cad
▪ I. † cad1 Obs. [Deriv. uncertain: the dates are against its identification with next word, which the sense alone might permit.] A familiar spirit.1657 Bp. H. King Poems iii. (1843) 87 Rebellion wants no Cad nor Elfe But is a perfect witchcraft of it self. 1658 Osborn Adv. Son (1673) 34 Love..canno... Oxford English Dictionary
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case-worm
ˈcase-worm [f. case n.2 + worm n.] A caddis-worm; see caddis2. Hence, case-worm fly = caddis-fly, phryganea.1606 S. Gardiner Angling 95 The case-worme, the dewe-worme, the gentile. 1681 J. Chetham Angler's Vade-m. iv. §11 (1689) 40 Cod-bait, Cadis-worm, Cad-bait or Case-worm, are all one and the sam... Oxford English Dictionary
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