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BAY, a. [L.badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay, dark bay, dappled bay, gilded bay, chestnut bay. In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called brown. BAY, n. 1. An arm of the sea, extending into the land, not of any definite form, but smaller than a gulf, and larger than a creek. The name,however, 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. Nor is the name restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but used for any recess or inlet between capes of head lands, as the bay of Biscay.2. A pond-head,or a pond formed by a dam, for the purpose of driving mill-wheels. [ I believe not used in U.S.]3. In a barn, a place between the floor and the end of the building, or a low inclosed place, for depositing hay. In England, says Johnson, if a barn consists of a floor and two heads, where they lay corn, they call it a barn of two bays. These bays are from 14 to 20 feet long, and floors from 10 to 12 feet broad, and usually 20 feet long, which is the breadth of the barn. 4. In ships of war, that part on each side between decks which lies between the bitts.5. Any kind of opening in walls.
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BAY, a. [L.badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay, dark bay, dappled bay, gilded bay, chestnut bay. In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called brown. BAY, n. 1. An arm of the sea, extending into the land, not of any definite form, but smaller than a gulf, and larger than a creek. The name,however, 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. Nor is the name restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but used for any recess or inlet between capes of head lands, as the bay of Biscay.2. A pond-head,or a pond formed by a dam, for the purpose of driving mill-wheels. [ I believe not used in U.S.]3. In a barn, a place between the floor and the end of the building, or a low inclosed place, for depositing hay. In England, says Johnson, if a barn consists of a floor and two heads, where they lay corn, they call it a barn of two bays. These bays are from 14 to 20 feet long, and floors from 10 to 12 feet broad, and usually 20 feet long, which is the breadth of the barn. 4. In ships of war, that part on each side between decks which lies between the bitts.5. Any kind of opening in walls. | BAY, a. [Fr. bai or baie; It. baio; Sp. bayo; L. badius. Class Bd.]Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay, dark bay, dappled bay, gilded bay, chestnut bay. In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called brown. – Johnson. Encyc. BAY, n.1 [Fr. baie; Sp. and Port. bahia; It. baia; D. baai; contracted from the root of Sax. byge, an angle, bygan, D. boogen, to bend, whence bow.]- An arm of the sea, extending into the land, not of any definite form, but smaller than a gulf, and larger than a creek. The name however 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. Nor is the name restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but used for any recess or inlet between capes or head lands, as the Bay of Biscay.
- A pond-head, or a pond formed by a dam for the purpose of driving mill-wheels. [I believe not used in the United States.]
- In a barn, a place between the floor and the end of the building, or a low inclosed place for depositing hay.
In England, says Johnson, if a barn consists of a floor and two heads, where they lay corn, they call it a barn of two bays. These bays are from 14 to 20 feet long, and floors from 10 to 12 feet broad, and usually 20 feet long, which is the breadth of the barn. – Builder's Dict.
- In ships of war, that part on each side between decks which lies between the bitts. – Mar. Dict.
- Any kind of opening in walls. – Chambers.
BAY, n.2 [Qu. Gr. βαιον, a branch of the palm tree. In Sp. baya is a berry, the fruit of the laurel.]- The laurel tree. Hence,
- Bays, 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.
- In some parts of the United States, a tract of land covered with bay trees. – Drayton, S. Carolina.
BAY, n.3 [Goth. beidan, to expect; It. bada; “tenere a bada,” to keep at bay; “star a bada,” to stand trifling; badare, to stand trifling; to amuse one's self, to take care, to watch, to covet; abbadare, to mind; Fr. bayer, to gape or stand gaping. Qu. aboyer.]A state of expectation, watching or looking for; as, to keep a man at bay. So a stag at bay, is when he turns his head against the dogs. Whence abeyance, in law, or a state of expectancy. BAY, v.i. [Fr. aboyer; It. baiare, to bark.]- To bark, as a dog at his game. – Spenser.
- To encompass, or inclose, from bay. We now use embay. – Shak.
BAY, v.t.To bark at; to follow with barking. – Shak. | Bay
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A state of being obliged to face an
antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
- A recess or indentation shaped like a
bay.
- A tract covered with bay trees.
- 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.
- A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or
grain in the stalks.
- A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy
Bay.
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Bay BAY, adjective [Latin badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to a chestnut color; applied to the color of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay dark bay dappled bay gilded bay chestnut bay In popular language, in England, all bay horses are called brown. BAY, noun 1. An arm of the sea, extending into the land, not of any definite form, but smaller than a gulf, and larger than a creek. The name, however, 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 Nor is the name restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance, but used for any recess or inlet between capes of head lands, as the bay of Biscay. 2. A pond-head, or a pond formed by a dam, for the purpose of driving mill-wheels. [ I believe not used in U.S.] 3. In a barn, a place between the floor and the end of the building, or a low inclosed place, for depositing hay. In England, says Johnson, if a barn consists of a floor and two heads, where they lay corn, they call it a barn of two bays. These bays are from 14 to 20 feet long, and floors from 10 to 12 feet broad, and usually 20 feet long, which is the breadth of the barn. 4. In ships of war, that part on each side between decks which lies between the bitts. 5. Any kind of opening in walls. BAY, noun [Gr. a branch of the palm tree.] 1. The laurel tree, Hence, 2. Bays, 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. In some parts of the U.States, a tract of land covered with bay trees. BAY, noun A state of expectation, watching or looking for; as, to keep a man at bay So a stag at bay is when he turns his head against the dogs. Whence abeyance, in law, or a state of expectancy. BAY, verb intransitive 1. To bark, as a dog at his game. 2. To encompass, or inclose, from bay We now use embay. BAY, verb transitive To bark at; to follow with barking.
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