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bay
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. (Geog.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf,
but of the same general character.
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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 for any recess or inlet between capes or
headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay.
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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.
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3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
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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.
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5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in
the stalks.
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6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
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Sick bay, in vessels of war, that part of a deck
appropriated to the use of the sick. --Totten.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\ (b[=a]), a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnut-colored; -- used only of horses.] Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. [1913 Webster] Bay cat (Zool.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). Bay lynx (Zool.), the common American lynx (Lynx lynx, formerly Felis rufa or Lynx rufa). [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (b[=a]d); 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. [1913 Webster] The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\, v. t. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. --Shak. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\, n. [See Bay, v. i.] 1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs." --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. --I. Taylor [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
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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.
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The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.
--Trumbull.
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3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.]
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Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). It
has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste, and is used for
flavoring in food.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\, v. t. [Cf. OE. b[ae]wen to bathe, and G. b[aum]hen to foment.] To bathe. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\, n. A bank or dam to keep back water. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Bay \Bay\, v. t. To dam, as water; -- with up or back. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
colorful \colorful\ adj. 1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless. Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent, shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing; prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed, empurpled}] Syn: colourful. [WordNet 1.5] 2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious; flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque] [WordNet 1.5] 3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey; as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and monochrome. Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber, brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn, reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden; azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor, bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue, bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful, blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy; brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary, canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation; chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored, earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green, dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender, lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley, multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored; ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive; orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish; purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine, cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red, scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red; rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown, snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored, snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel, brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color, straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine; tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion, vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish; yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey, honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta; maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green; sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark, light.] Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate). [WordNet 1.5]
