| • | Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. |
| • | An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks. |
| • | A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. |
| • | A berry, particularly of the laurel. |
| • | 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. |
| • | A tract covered with bay trees. |
| • | To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. |
| • | To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. |
| • | Deep-toned, prolonged barking. |
| • | A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. |
| • | To bathe. |
| • | A bank or dam to keep back water. |
| • | To dam, as water; -- with up or back. |
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