"berley" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1895, Charles Thackeray, The Amateur Fisherman's Guide, page 34",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1988, Richard Allan, Go Fish Australia: All You Need to Know about Freshwater and Saltwater Fishing - a Comprehensive Guide for Everyone, page 45",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2007, Julie McEnally, Complete Book of Fishing Baits and Rigs, page 18",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "2013 May, Chris Gaskin, “Lost & Found”, in New Zealand Geographic, number 121",
          "text": "A few larger black petrels and flesh-footed shearwaters land close by and pick away at scraps of berley.",
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        "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."
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          "ref": "1895, Charles Thackeray, The Amateur Fisherman's Guide, page 34",
          "text": "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.",
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          "ref": "1988, Richard Allan, Go Fish Australia: All You Need to Know about Freshwater and Saltwater Fishing - a Comprehensive Guide for Everyone, page 45",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2007, Julie McEnally, Complete Book of Fishing Baits and Rigs, page 18",
          "text": "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.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2013 May, Chris Gaskin, “Lost & Found”, in New Zealand Geographic, number 121",
          "text": "A few larger black petrels and flesh-footed shearwaters land close by and pick away at scraps of berley.",
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