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Bay
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses.
(2):
(n.) 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):
(n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
(4):
(n.) 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):
(n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
(6):
(n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
(7):
(n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.
(8):
(n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
(9):
(n.) 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.
(10):
(v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
(11):
(v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
(12):
(v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
(13):
(v. t.) To bathe.
(14):
(n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
(15):
(v. t.) To dam, as water; - with up or back.
(16):
(n.) A tract covered with bay trees.
(17):
(v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bay'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bay.html. 1828.
