Noun
a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color

Noun
a small recess opening off a larger room

Noun
a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"

Noun
a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"

Noun
the sound of a hound on the scent

Noun
an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf

Noun
small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors

Verb
bark with prolonged noises, of dogs

Verb
utter in deep prolonged tones

Adjective S.
(used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

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a.
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

n.
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

n.
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.

n.
A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

n.
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.

n.
A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.

n.
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

n.
A berry, particularly of the laurel.

n.
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.

n.
A tract covered with bay trees.

v. i.
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

v. t.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

v. i.
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

v. i.
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

v. t.
To bathe.

n.
A bank or dam to keep back water.

v. t.
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

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Bay

Bay , a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnutcolored; -- used only of horses.] Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zo'94l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zo'94l.), the common American lynx (Felis, or Lynx, rufa).

Bay

Bay, n. [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.] 1. (Geol.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. &hand; 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.

Bay

Bay, n. [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.] 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.

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.

Bay

Bay, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (); p. pr. & vb. n. Baying.] [ OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed.

Bay

Bay , v. t. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. Shak.

Bay

Bay , n. [See Bay, v. i.] 1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs." Cowper. 2. [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.] 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.

The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.

Bay

Bay, v. t. [Cf. OE. b'91wen to bathe, and G. b'84hen to foment.] To bathe. [Obs.] Spenser.

Bay

Bay, n. A bank or dam to keep back water.

Bay

Bay, v. t. To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

A berry, particularly of the laurel.

To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

To bathe.

A bank or dam to keep back water.

To dam, as water; -- with up or back.