Part 965

<i> Drayton.</i>

<h1>Bay ice</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay" ice`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under <er>Ice</er>.</def>

<h1>Bay leaf</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay" leaf`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>See under 3d <er>Bay</er>.</def>

<h1>Bayonet</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay"o*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>bayonnette</ets>, <ets>ba\'8bonnette</ets>; -- so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Mil.)</fld> <def>A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense.</def>

<note>&hand; Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired.</note>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mach.)</fld> <def>A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery.</def>

<cs><col>Bayonet clutch</col>. <cd>See <er>Clutch</er>.</cd> -- <col>Bayonet joint</col>, <cd>a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket.</cd></cs>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Bayonet</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay"o*net</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Bayoneted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Bayoneting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To stab with a bayonet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To compel or drive by the bayonet.</def>

<blockquote>To <b>bayonet</b> us into submission. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bayou</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay"ou</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Bayous</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.<ety> [North Am. Indian <ets>bayuk</ets>, in F. spelling <ets>bayouc</ets>, <ets>bayouque</ets>.]</ety> <def>An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.</def> <mark>[Southern U. S.]</mark>

<blockquote>A dark slender thread of a <b>bayou</b> moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. <i>G. W. Cable.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bay rum</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay" rum"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.</def>

<note>&hand; The original bay rum, from the West Indies, is prepared, it is believed, by distillation from the leaves of the bayberry (<spn>Myrcia acris</spn>). The bay rum of the Pharmacop\'d2ia (spirit of myrcia) is prepared from oil of myrcia (bayberry), oil of orange peel, oil of pimento, alcohol, and water.</note>

<h1>Bays, Bayze</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw><hw>Bays</hw>, <hw>Bayze</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Baize</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Bay salt</h1> <Xpage=126>

<hw>Bay" salt`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <def>Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large crystalline salt of commerce.</def>

<i>Bacon. Ure.</i>

<h1>Bay tree</h1> <Xpage=126>