badger baiting (bajerba"ting)

A barbarous sport formerly common, and still practised to some extent, generally as an attraction to public houses of the lowest sort. A badger is put into a barrel, and one or more dogs are put in to drag him out. When this is effected he is returned to his barrel, to be similarly a ailed by a fresh set of dogs. The badger usually makes a most determined and savage resistance. Also called drawing the badger. badgering (baj'er-ing), n. [ for profit: once restricted by statute. badger-legged (baj'er-legd), a. [ His body crooked all over, big-bellied, badger - legged , and his complexion swarthy. Sir R. L'Estrange. badgerly (baj'ér-li), a . [ badger2 + -ly1.] Badger-like; grizzled or gray in color. badger-plane (baj'ér-plān), n. [ badger2 (appar. in allusion to its snout) + plane .] In join ery, a hand-plane the mouth of which is cut obliquely from side to side, so that it can work close up to a corner in making a rabbet or sinking.