Part 963

<note>&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 <i>Bay</i>. 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 <i>Bay</i> of Biscay.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>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.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <def>A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.</def>

<cs><col>Sick bay</col>, <cd>in vessels of war, that part of a deck appropriated to the use of the sick.</cd></cs>

<i>Totten.</i>

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<hw>Bay</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>baie</ets> a berry, the fruit of the laurel and other trees, fr. L. <ets>baca</ets>, <ets>bacca</ets>, a small round fruit, a berry, akin to Lith. <ets>bapka</ets> laurel berry.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A berry, particularly of the laurel.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The laurel tree (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>). 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.</def>

<blockquote>The patriot's honors and the poet's <b>bays</b>. <i>Trumbull.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A tract covered with bay trees.</def> <mark>[Local, U. S.]</mark>

<cs><col>Bay leaf</col>, <cd>the leaf of the bay tree (<spn>Laurus nobilis</spn>). It has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste.</cd></cs>

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<hw>Bay</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bayed</er> (<?/); <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Baying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[ OE. <ets>bayen</ets>, <ets>abayen</ets>, OF. <ets>abaier</ets>, F. <ets>aboyer</ets>, to bark; of uncertain origin.]</ety> <def>To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.</def>

<blockquote>The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely <b>bayed</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; <as>as, to bay the bear</as>.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

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<hw>Bay</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Bay</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Deep-toned, prolonged barking.</def> "The <i>bay</i> of curs."

<i>Cowper.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <ety>[OE. <ets>bay</ets>, <ets>abay</ets>, OF. <ets>abai</ets>, F. <ets>aboi</ets> barking, pl. <ets>abois</ets>, prop. the extremity to which the stag is reduced when surrounded by the dogs, barking (<ets>aboyant</ets>); <ets>aux abois</ets> at bay.]</ety> <def>A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.</def>

<blockquote>Embolden'd by despair, he stood at <b>bay</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The most terrible evils are just kept at <b>bay</b> by incessant efforts. <i>I. Taylor</i></blockquote>

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<hw>Bay</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. OE. <ets>b\'91wen</ets> to bathe, and G. <ets>b\'84hen</ets> to foment.]</ety> <def>To bathe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>