berley
(New Zealand, Australia) Material (frequently rancid) used as bait to attract fish or other organisms.
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(New Zealand, Australia) Material (frequently rancid) used as bait to attract fish or other organisms.
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 pu…
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