Obs. [a. Fr. appast (mod. appât) food, bait, f. à to + past:—L. pāstus food, f. pāsc-ĕre to feed.] Food, bait.
1580. Sidney, etc., Ps. cxlviii. You vapors, sunnes appast.
1611. Cotgr., Appast, An appast, a bait … also, a repast, or meale.
1633. H. Cogan, Pinto’s Trav., xxi. 74. Hungry Lizards … allured by the appast of those formerly thrown overboard.
