1. v. & n.
--v.tr.
1. (usu. foll. by away, into) entice (a person, an animal, etc.) usu. with some form of bait.
2 attract back again or recall (a person, animal, etc.) with the promise of a reward.
--n.
1. a thing used to entice.
2 (usu. foll. by of) the attractive or compelling qualities (of a pursuit etc.).
3 a falconer's apparatus for recalling a hawk, consisting of a bunch of feathers attached to a thong, within which the hawk finds food while being trained.
Derivatives:
luring adj. luringly adv.
Etymology: ME f. OE luere f. Gmc 2.var. of LUR.