Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie, fr. LL. baia. Of uncertain origin: cf.
   Ir. & Gael. badh or bagh bay, harbor, creek; Bisc. baia,
   baiya, harbor, and F. bayer to gape, open the mouth.]
   1. (Geog.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf,
      but of the same general character.
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   Note: The name is not used with much precision, and is often
         applied to large tracts of water, around which the land
         forms a curve; as, Hudson's Bay. The name is not
         restricted to tracts of water with a narrow entrance,
         but is used for any recess or inlet between capes or
         headlands; as, the Bay of Biscay.
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   2. 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.
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   3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
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   4. 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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   5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in
      the stalks.
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   6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
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   Sick bay, in vessels of war, that part of a deck
      appropriated to the use of the sick. --Totten.
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	Bay \Bay\ (b[=a]), a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown,
   chestnut-colored; -- used only of horses.]
   Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the
   color of horses.
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   Bay cat (Zool.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies
      (Felis aurata).

   Bay lynx (Zool.), the common American lynx (Lynx lynx,
      formerly Felis rufa or Lynx rufa).
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	Bay \Bay\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (b[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n.
   Baying.] [OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to
   bark; of uncertain origin.]
   To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
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         The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. --Dryden.
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	Bay \Bay\, v. t.
   To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive
   to bay; as, to bay the bear. --Shak.
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	Bay \Bay\, n. [See Bay, v. i.]
   1. Deep-toned, prolonged barking. "The bay of curs."
      --Cowper.
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   2. [OE. bay, abay, OF. abai, F. aboi barking, pl. abois,
      prop. the extremity to which the stag is reduced when
      surrounded by the dogs, barking (aboyant); aux abois at
      bay.] A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a
      difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
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            Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. --Dryden.
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            The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by
            incessant efforts.                    --I. Taylor
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	Bay \Bay\, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel and
   other trees, fr. L. baca, bacca, a small round fruit, a
   berry, akin to Lith. bapka laurel berry.]
   1. A berry, particularly of the laurel. [Obs.]
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   2. 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.
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            The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.
                                                  --Trumbull.
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   3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.]
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   Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). It
      has a fragrant odor and an aromatic taste, and is used for
      flavoring in food.
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	Bay \Bay\, v. t. [Cf. OE. b[ae]wen to bathe, and G. b[aum]hen to
   foment.]
   To bathe. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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	Bay \Bay\, n.
   A bank or dam to keep back water.
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	Bay \Bay\, v. t.
   To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
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	colorful \colorful\ adj.
   1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

   Note: [Narrower terms: changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
         shot; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
         prismatic; psychedelic; red, ruddy, flushed,
         empurpled]

   Syn: colourful.
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   2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
      or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
      flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; flashy, gaudy,
      jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty; picturesque]
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   3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
      as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
      monochrome.

   Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; amber,
         brownish-yellow, yellow-brown; amethyst; auburn,
         reddish-brown; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
         azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; bicolor,
         bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome; blue,
         bluish, light-blue, dark-blue; blushful,
         blush-colored, rosy; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
         brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; canary,
         canary-yellow; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
         chartreuse; chestnut; dun; earth-colored,
         earthlike; fuscous; green, greenish, light-green,
         dark-green; jade, jade-green; khaki; lavender,
         lilac; mauve; moss green, mosstone; motley,
         multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
         painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
         varicolored, varicoloured; mousy, mouse-colored;
         ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
         orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
         purple, violet, purplish; red, blood-red, carmine,
         cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
         scarlet; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
         rust, rusty, rust-colored; snuff, snuff-brown,
         snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
         snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown; sorrel,
         brownish-orange; stone, stone-gray; straw-color,
         straw-colored, straw-coloured; tan; tangerine;
         tawny; ultramarine; umber; vermilion,
         vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red; yellow, yellowish;
         yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; blae
         bluish-black or gray-blue); coral; creamy; cress
         green, cresson, watercress; hazel; honey,
         honey-colored; hued(postnominal); magenta;
         maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
         sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
         light.]

   Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
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	269 Moby Thesaurus words for "bay":
   Old Mug, Titian, accolade, adust, alcove, archives, arm, armlet,
   armory, arsenal, attic, auburn, award, badge, bank, bark, basement,
   bawl, bay window, bay-colored, bayard, bayou, bays, beep, bell,
   bellow, belt, bight, bin, blare, blast, blat, blate, bleat, blow,
   blow the horn, boca, bonded warehouse, bookcase, bow window, box,
   bray, brazen, bronze, bronze-colored, bronzed, brownish-red,
   buckskin, bugle, bunker, buttery, calico pony, call, cargo dock,
   carrel, casement, casement window, castaneous, caterwaul, cellar,
   chaplet, chest, chestnut, chestnut-brown, civic crown, clarion,
   closet, conservatory, copper, copper-colored, coppery, corner,
   cove, cranny, crate, creek, crib, crown, cry, cubby, cubbyhole,
   cubicle, cup, cupboard, cupreous, dapple-gray, decoration,
   depository, depot, distinction, dock, drawer, dump, dun, estuary,
   euripus, exchequer, fan window, fanfare, fanlight, ferruginous,
   fjord, flourish of trumpets, foxy, frith, garland, give tongue,
   give voice, glory hole, godown, gray, grille, grizzle, gulf, gut,
   harbor, henna, hold, honk, howl, hutch, inglenook, inlet, kudos,
   kyle, lancet window, lantern, lattice, laurel, laurels, library,
   light, liver-brown, liver-colored, livid-brown, loch, locker,
   louver window, loving cup, low, lumber room, lumberyard, magasin,
   magazine, mahogany, meow, mew, mewl, miaow, moo, mouth, narrow,
   narrow seas, narrows, natural harbor, neigh, niche, nicker, nook,
   oriel, paint, painted pony, palm, palms, pane, peal,
   picture window, piebald, pinto, pipe, pitchhole, port, porthole,
   pot, pule, quest, rack, reach, recess, recession, reddish-brown,
   repertory, repository, reservoir, rick, road, roads, roadstead,
   roan, roar, roomlet, rose window, rubiginous, rufous, russet,
   russety, rust, rust-colored, rusty, screak, scream, screech, shelf,
   shriek, skewbald, skylight, slough, snuggery, sorrel, sound,
   sound a tattoo, sound taps, squall, squeak, squeal, stack,
   stack room, stock room, storage, store, storehouse, storeroom,
   strait, straits, sunburned, supply base, supply depot, tank,
   tantara, tantarara, taps, tarantara, tattoo, terra-cotta, toot,
   tootle, transom, treasure house, treasure room, treasury, troat,
   trophy, trumpet, trumpet blast, trumpet call, tweedle, ululate,
   vat, vault, wail, warehouse, whicker, whine, whinny, whistle,
   wicket, wind, window, window bay, window glass, windowpane,
   wine cellar, wreath, yap, yawl, yawp, yelp, yip, yowl

	

	Bay
   denotes the estuary of the Dead Sea at the mouth of the Jordan
   (Josh. 15:5; 18:19), also the southern extremity of the same sea
   (15:2). The same Hebrew word is rendered "tongue" in Isa. 11:15,
   where it is used with reference to the forked mouths of the
   Nile.
   
     Bay in Zech. 6:3, 7 denotes the colour of horses, but the
   original Hebrew means strong, and is here used rather to
   describe the horses as fleet or spirited.

	

	Bay -- U.S. County in Michigan
   Population (2000):    110157
   Housing Units (2000): 46423
   Land area (2000):     444.245963 sq. miles (1150.591713 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    186.659954 sq. miles (483.447041 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    630.905917 sq. miles (1634.038754 sq. km)
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             43.636656 N, 83.917406 W
   Headwords:
    Bay
    Bay, MI
    Bay County
    Bay County, MI

	

	Bay -- U.S. County in Florida
   Population (2000):    148217
   Housing Units (2000): 78435
   Land area (2000):     763.678148 sq. miles (1977.917239 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    269.596823 sq. miles (698.252537 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    1033.274971 sq. miles (2676.169776 sq. km)
   Located within:       Florida (FL), FIPS 12
   Location:             30.219170 N, 85.638788 W
   Headwords:
    Bay
    Bay, FL
    Bay County
    Bay County, FL

	

	Bay, AR -- U.S. city in Arkansas
   Population (2000):    1800
   Housing Units (2000): 734
   Land area (2000):     3.354006 sq. miles (8.686836 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    3.354006 sq. miles (8.686836 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            04180
   Located within:       Arkansas (AR), FIPS 05
   Location:             35.745157 N, 90.562777 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     72411
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Bay, AR
    Bay