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Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnutcolored; -- used only of horses.]
Definition : Defn: Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zo?l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zo?l.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx, rufa).
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. baie, fr. LL. baia. Of uncertain origin: cf. Ir. & Gael. badh or bagh bay harbor, creek; Bisc. baia, baiya, harbor, and F. bayer to gape, open the mouth.]
Definition : 1. (Geol.)
Defn: An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
Note: The name is not used with much precision, and is often applied to large tracts of water, around which the land forms a curve; as, Hudson's Bay. The name is not restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but is used foe any recess or inlet between capes or headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay.
2. A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
4. A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. Sick bay, in vessels of war, that part of a deck appropriated to the use of the sick. Totten.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.]
Definition : 1. A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.]
2. The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. Trumbull.
3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.] Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). It has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [ OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.]
Definition : Defn: To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. Dryden.
i. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (p. pr. & vb. n. Baying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. Shak.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See Bay, v. i.]
Definition : 1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs." Cowper.
2. Etym: [OE. bay, abay, OF. abai, F. aboi barking, pl. abois, prop. the extremity to which the stag is reduced when surrounded by the dogs, barking (aboyant); aux abois at bay.]
Defn: A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. Dryden. The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. I. Taylor
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. OE. b?wen to bathe, and G. b?hen to foment.]
Definition : Defn: To bathe. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A bank or dam to keep back water.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bay
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
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Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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