Baiting
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia · John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
To bait is to attack with violence; to provoke and harass.
2 A. & E. Encyc. 63; L. R. 9 Q. B. 3S0. BAL/ENA.
A large fish, called by Blackstone a whale. Of this the king had the head and the queen the tail as a perquisite whenever one was taken on the coast of England.
Trynne, Ann. Reg. 127; 1 Bla. Com. 221.