berley
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.18 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Another artificial bait can be made by mixing up a berley, savoury in smell to the piscine race, but somewhat obnoxious to the olfactory nerves of human beings, of rotten herrings or tinned fish, bran and flour, into a tough paste and putting it into little bags of mosquito net or fine muslin."
- "In Australia, live baits or strip baits in a berley trail produce the big fish and a lot of anglers specialise in using this technique."
- "Apart from its use as bait, bread is an essential berley for many fish. All of the above species are attracted by bread berley as are many others."
- "A few larger black petrels and flesh-footed shearwaters land close by and pick away at scraps of berley."