bay

bay
bay1
noun a broad curved inlet of the sea.
Origin
ME: from OFr. baie, from Old Sp. bahia.
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bay2
(also bay laurel or sweet bay)
noun an evergreen, purple-berried Mediterranean shrub, with aromatic leaves that are used in cookery. [Laurus nobilis.]
Origin
ME (denoting the laurel berry): from OFr. baie, from L. baca 'berry'.
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bay3
noun
1》 a window area that projects outwards from a wall.
2》 a section of wall in the nave of a church between two buttresses or columns.
3》 an area specially allocated or marked off: a loading bay.
4》 (also bay platform) Brit. a short terminal platform at a railway station also having through lines.
Origin
ME: from OFr. baie, from baer 'to gape', from med. L. batare.
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bay4
adjective (of a horse) brown with black points.
noun a bay horse.
Origin
ME: from OFr. bai, from L. badius.
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bay5
verb (of a dog) bark or howl loudly, especially in pursuit of quarry.
noun the sound of baying.
Phrases
at bay trapped or cornered.
bay for blood demand retribution.
hold (or keep) at bay prevent from approaching or having an effect.
Origin
ME: from OFr. (a)bai (n.), (a)baiier (v.) 'bark'; imitative.

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