Definition of bay

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

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Bayberry :: Bayberry (n.) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
Roan :: Roan (a.) Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse..
Bay Tree :: Bay tree () A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
Unfix :: Unfix (v. t.) To loosen from a fastening; to detach from anything that holds; to unsettle; as, to unfix a bayonet; to unfix the mind or affections..
Gland :: Gland (n.) The crosspiece of a bayonet clutch.
Candy :: Candy (n.) A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds..
Bay-antler :: Bay-antler (n.) The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
Tank :: Tank (n.) A small Indian dry measure, averaging 240 grains in weight; also, a Bombay weight of 72 grains, for pearls..
Homophonous :: Homophonous (a.) Expressing the same sound by a different combination of letters; as, bay and bey..
Abay :: Abay (n.) Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay.
Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..
Cornered :: Cornered (p. a.) In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.
Gale :: Gale (n.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America..
Pike :: Pike (n. & v.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet..
Imbay :: Imbay (v. t.) See Embay.
Embayment :: Embayment (n.) A bay.
Rosebay :: Rosebay (n.) the oleander.
Bayad :: Bayad (n.) Alt. of Bayatt.
Grimme :: Grimme (n.) A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon..
Laurel :: Laurel (n.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay..
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