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Webster's English Dictionary

bay

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. ()

Bay cat (Zol.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). -- Bay lynx (Zol.), the common American lynx (Lynx lynx, formerly Felis rufa or Lynx rufa). ()

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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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. ()

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. ()

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. (Trumbull.)

3. A tract covered with bay trees. ()

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. ()

v. i. [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. (Dryden.)

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

n. [See Bay, v. i.]1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. (Cowper.)

[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.]2. 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. (Dryden.)

The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. (I. Taylor)

v. t. [Cf. OE. bwen to bathe, and G. bhen to foment.] To bathe. (Spenser.)

n. A bank or dam to keep back water. ()

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

n. [Native name.] (Zol.) The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus). ()

n. [Ar. bayad.] (Zol.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and Bagrina docmac). ()