English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Bawn
(n.)
A large house.
Bawrel
(n.)
A kind of hawk.
Bawsin
(n.)
Alt. of Bawson
Bawson
(n.)
A badger.
Bawson
(n.)
A large, unwieldy person.
Baxter
(n.)
A baker; originally, a female baker.
Bay
(v. i.)
Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
Bay
(v. t.)
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
Bay
(n.)
A bank or dam to keep back water.
Bay
(v. t.)
To bathe.
Bay
(v. i.)
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a
difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Bay
(v. t.)
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or
drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
Bay
(v. i.)
To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
Bay
(n.)
A tract covered with bay trees.
Bay
(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.
Bay
(n.)
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the
same general character.
Bay
(n.)
A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
Bay
(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.
Bay
(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.
Bay
(a.)
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the
color of horses.