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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Bays :: Bays (n.) Alt. of Bayz.
Arango :: Arango (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
Voe :: Voe (n.) An inlet, bay, or creek; -- so called in the Orkney and Shetland Islands..
Bayoneting :: Bayoneting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bayone.
Bay :: Bay (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
Port :: Port (v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively..
Loch :: Loch (n.) A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
Bay Window :: Bay window () 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..
Rosebay :: Rosebay (n.) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb..
Bore :: Bore (n.) Less properly, a very high and rapid tidal flow, when not so abrupt, such as occurs at the Bay of Fundy and in the British Channel..
Bay :: Bay (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking..
Bayous :: Bayous (pl. ) of Bayo.
Bayatte :: Bayatte (n.) A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species (Bagrina bayad and B. docmac)..
Gale :: Gale (n.) A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America..
Presidency :: Presidency (n.) One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president..
Rubican :: Rubican (a.) Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses..
Canvasback :: Canvasback (n.) A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back..
Severy :: Severy (n.) A bay or compartment of a vaulted ceiling.
Candleberry Tree :: Candleberry tree () A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry..
Laurin :: Laurin (n.) A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of glycerin ethers of several organic acids..
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