Definition of bay

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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..

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Creek :: Creek (n.) A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river..
Hope :: Hope (n.) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.
Bay :: Bay (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game..
Bay :: Bay (v. t.) To bathe.
Coromandel :: Coromandel (n.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal..
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..
Baybolt :: Baybolt (n.) A bolt with a barbed shank.
Hudsonian :: Hudsonian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hudson's Bay or to the Hudson River; as, the Hudsonian curlew..
Case-bay :: Case-bay (n.) The space between two principals or girder.
Laurel :: Laurel (n.) An evergreen shrub, of the genus Laurus (L. nobilis), having aromatic leaves of a lanceolate shape, with clusters of small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay..
Candy :: Candy (n.) A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds..
Patamar :: Patamar (n.) A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon..
Botany Bay :: Botany Bay () A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an English convict settlement there; -- so called from the number of new plants found on its shore at its discovery by Cook in 1770..
Winnebagoes :: Winnebagoes (n.) A tribe of North American Indians who originally occupied the region about Green Bay, Lake Michigan, but were driven back from the lake and nearly exterminated in 1640 by the IIlinnois..
Frog :: Frog (n.) The loop of the scabbard of a bayonet or sword.
Sacs :: Sacs (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians, which, together with the Foxes, formerly occupied the region about Green Bay, Wisconsin..
Basque :: Basque (n.) One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France..
Bay Leaf :: Bay leaf () See under 3d Bay.
Bayonet :: Bayonet (v. t.) To compel or drive by the bayonet.
Fairway :: Fairway (n.) The navigable part of a river, bay, etc., through which vessels enter or depart; the part of a harbor or channel ehich is kept open and unobstructed for the passage of vessels..
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