LURE

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks. Shak.

2.
n.

Any enticement; that which invites by the prospect of advantage or pleasure; a decoy. Milton.

3.
n.

A velvet smoothing brush. Knight.

4.
v.

To draw to the lure; hence, to allure or invite by means of anything that promises pleasure or advantage; to entice; to attract. I am not lured with love. Piers Plowman. And various science lures the learned eye. Gay.

5.
v.

To recall a hawk or other animal.


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