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<B>bay</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a part of a sea or lake extending into the land. A bay is usually smaller than a gulf and larger than a cove. <BR> <I>Ex. The Bay of Biscay is part of the Atlantic Ocean on the coast of France and Spain.</I> <DL COMPACT><DD> (Abbr:) b. <DD><B> 2. </B>an indentation in a range of hills; level space partly surrounded by hills. <DD><B> 3. </B>(U.S.) a tract of prairie or open land extending into woods and partly surrounded by them. </DL>
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<B>bay</B> (2), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a long, deep barking, especially of a large dog. <BR> <I>Ex. The hunters heard the distant bay of the hounds.</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to bark with long, deep sounds, as a hound or mastiff. <BR> <I>Ex. Dogs sometimes bay at the moon.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to bark at; assail with barking. <BR> <I>Ex. I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman (Shakespeare).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to give forth, utter, or express by baying. <DD><B> 3. </B>to pursue with barking like a pack of hounds. <DD><B> 4a. </B>to bring to bay. <BR> <I>Ex. The boar broke and the dogs bayed him. He broke again and the dogs bayed him again (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>to hold at bay. <BR><I>expr. <B>bring to bay,</B> </I>to put in a position from which escape is impossible; force to stand and fight. <BR> <I>Ex. After a long chase the dogs brought the stag to bay at the edge of a cliff. The police brought the robbers to bay in a deserted house.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>hold</B> (or <B>keep</B>) <B>at bay,</B> </I>to hold off or away; resist successfully. <BR> <I>Ex. The stag held the hounds at bay. Aspirin kept the fever at bay.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>stand at bay,</B> </I>to stand and fight when escape is impossible. <BR> <I>Ex. The stag stood at bay against the hounds on the edge of the cliff.</I> </DL>
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<B>bay</B> (3), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1a. </B>a space or division of a wall or building between columns, pillars, buttresses, or the like. <DD><B> b. </B><B>=bay window.</B> <DD><B> c. </B>a space, usually with a window or set of windows in it, projecting out from a wall. <DD><B> d. </B>a window space between two mullions; light. <DD><B> 2. </B>a separate place for a specified purpose. <BR> <I>Ex. a loading bay.</I> <DD><B> 3a. </B>a compartment in an airplane intended for some particular use, especially one for carrying bombs; bomb bay. <DD><B> b. </B>any portion of the interior of an aircraft fuselage between bulkheads or other structural members. <DD><B> c. </B>the space between struts on the wings of a biplane. <DD><B> 4. </B>a place in a barn for storing hay or grain. <DD><B> 5. </B>a stall or other compartment. <BR> <I>Ex. a horse bay.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B><B>=sick bay.</B> </DL>
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<B>bay</B> (4), adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> reddish-brown. <BR> <I>Ex. a bay horse.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a reddish-brown horse with black mane and tail. <BR> <I>Ex. I'll put my money on the bobtailed nag, Somebody bet on the bay (Stephen Foster).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a reddish brown. <BR> <I>Ex. a horse with a coat of bay.</I> </DL>
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<B>bay</B> (5), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any one of various small, evergreen trees or shrubs with smooth, shiny leaves; sweet bay: <DD><B> a. </B>the laurel of southern Europe. Dried bay leaves are used for flavoring food. <DD><B> b. </B>a magnolia of North America, having round, fragrant, white flowers. <DD><B> 2. </B>the West Indian bayberry. <BR><I>expr. <B>bays,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>the laurel wreath worn by poets or victors. </I> <I>Ex. Civil wars will not allow bays to the conqueror's brow (Abraham Cowley).</I> <DD><B> b. </B>(Figurative.) honor; renown; fame. <BR> <I>Ex. I seek to blast no scholar's bays (Robert Lloyd).</I> </DL>
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<B>bay</B> (6), noun, verb.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> a dam or embankment to retain water or divert its course. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to retain or obstruct (water) with a bay or dam. </DL>
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<B>baya, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a weaverbird of India and Sri Lanka (Ceylon) that builds a hanging flask-shaped nest with a long tubular entrance. </DL>
<B>bayadere, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> having brilliantly colored stripes running across the material. <BR> <I>Ex. bayadere cloth.</I> <DD><I>noun </I> any cloth having such stripes. </DL>
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<B>bay antler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the second branch of a stag's horn, next above the brow antler; bez antler. </DL>
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<B>bayard, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Archaic.) <DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a bay horse. <DD><B> 2. </B>a kind of mock-heroic allusive name for any horse, especially for a proverbial horse who was both blind and bold. <DD><I>adj. </I> of a bay color; bay. <BR> <I>Ex. a bayard horse.</I> </DL>
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<B>Bayard, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a man of heroic courage, chivalrous spirit, and unstained honor. <DD><B> 2. </B>the horse with magical powers ridden by Rinaldo, knight of Charlemagne and hero of old French romances. </DL>
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<B>bayberry, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ries.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a North American shrub with clusters of grayish-white berries coated with wax. The leaves of the shrub are aromatic, and candles made from the wax of the berries burn with a pleasant fragrance. The bayberry belongs to the same genus as the wax myrtle. <DD><B> 2. </B>one of the berries. <DD><B> 3. </B>a West Indian tree whose leaves yield an aromatic oil used in the preparation of bay rum. </DL>
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<B>bay-breasted warbler,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an American warbler, the breast and crown of which (especially in the male) are bay or chestnut in color. </DL>
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<B>Bayer process,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a process for extracting alumina from bauxite, by mixing the ore with hot sodium hydroxide. </DL>
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<B>Bayesian, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with a statistical theory or method by which probabilities can be reassessed or revised in the light of new information. </DL>
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<B>Bayeux Tapestry,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a long strip of linen (actually not a tapestry) on which are embroidered representations of events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England. It was probably made in the 1100's. According to tradition it was done for Bishop Odo of Bayeux by the wife of William the Conqueror. </DL>
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<B>baygall, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) an area of swampland having a dense growth of bay trees and inkberry. </DL>
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<B>bayhead, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the head or upper part of a bay. </DL>
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<B>bay ice,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a mass or formation of ice occurring in a bay or other sheltered body of water in an arctic region, undisturbed by winds or currents and therefore having a relatively smooth or unbroken surface. </DL>
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<B>bay leaf,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the leaf of the laurel or bay of southern Europe, used after drying as an herb to add flavor to soups, stews, and other cooked food. </DL>
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<B>bay lynx,</B> <B>=bobcat.</B></DL>
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<B>bayman, </B>noun, pl. <B>-men.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person who lives on a bay. <DD><B> 2. </B>a person who earns his living on a bay, especially (in British Honduras) a cutter of baywood or mahogany. </DL>
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<B>bayonet, </B>noun, verb, <B>-neted,</B> <B>-neting.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>a blade for piercing or stabbing, attached to the muzzle of a rifle, musket, etc. A bayonet is like a heavy dagger and may be detached and used as a separate hand weapon. <DD><B> 2. </B>a pin or rod which fits into a socket or slot in a machine by means of which a subordinate part or auxiliary attachment may be engaged with the machine. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to pierce or stab with a bayonet. <BR> <I>Ex. After ammunition ran out the troops bayoneted their way into the fort.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to drive by threatening with a bayonet fixed in place on a gun; coerce (by military force). <DD><I>v.i. </I> to use a bayonet. </DL>
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<B>bayou, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ous.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a marshy inlet or outlet of a lake, river, or gulf in the south central United States. The water in a bayou flows sluggishly and may even become stagnant. </DL>
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<B>bay rum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fragrant liquid used as a soothing lotion for the skin, originally made by distilling rum or a rum mash in which the leaves of the West Indian bayberry had been steeped. It is now usually made of oil from bay leaves. </DL>
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<B>bays, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> See under <B>bay</B> (5). </DL>
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<B>bay salt,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> coarse-grained salt, especially salt obtained by evaporation of sea water; solar salt. </DL>
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<B>Bay State,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a nickname for the State of Massachusetts. </DL>
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<B>Bay Street,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a street in the financial district of Toronto, Canada. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) the financial interests or financiers of Canada. </DL>
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<B>bay tree,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the laurel of southern Europe; bay. </DL>
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<B>bay window,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a window or set of windows projecting from a wall to form an alcove or small space in a room. A bay window ordinarily begins at or near ground level (as distinguished from an <I>oriel,</I> which projects from an upper story). <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang, Figurative.) a large projecting abdomen. </DL>
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<B>baywood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a coarse, light kind of mahogany from the vicinity of the Gulf of Campeche, Mexico. </DL>
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<B>bazaar</B> or <B>bazar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a street or streets full of small shops and booths in Oriental countries. <BR> <I>Ex. They came, mingling unobtrusively in the dusty crowds and confusion of Kabul's bazaars and streets (Newsweek).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a place for the sale of many kinds of goods. <DD><B> 3. </B>a sale of things contributed by various people, held for some charity or other purpose. </DL>
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<B>bazaari, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an Iranian merchant or shop owner. <BR> <I>Ex. The bazaaris usually rented land from the religious foundations and made the foundations big gifts (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
