English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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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.)
An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the
same general character.
Bay
(a.)
Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the
color of horses.
See under Ice.
See under 3d Bay.
A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
Salt which has been obtained from sea water, by evaporation
in shallow pits or basins, by the heat of the sun; the large
crystalline salt of commerce.
A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and
projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal,
or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.
Woolen yarn.
Bay-antler
(n.)
The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
Baya
(n.)
The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).
Bayad
(n.)
Alt. of Bayatte
Bayadere
(n.)
A female dancer in the East Indies.
Bayard
(a.)
Properly, a bay horse, but often any horse. Commonly in the
phrase blind bayard, an old blind horse.
Bayard
(a.)
A stupid, clownish fellow.
Bayardly
(a.)
Blind; stupid.
Bayatte
(n.)
A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species
(Bagrina bayad and B. docmac).
Bayberry
(n.)
The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
Bayberry
(n.)
The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also candleberry tree.