meaning of bay

1. Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
2. An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
3. 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.
4. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
5. 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.
6. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
7. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
8. A berry, particularly of the laurel.
9. 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.
10. A tract covered with bay trees.
11. To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
12. To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
13. Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
14. A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
15. To bathe.
16. A bank or dam to keep back water.
17. To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
18. See under Ice.
19. See under 3d Bay.
20. 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.
21. A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
22. 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.
23. Woolen yarn.
24. A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
25. bay As in an aeroplane "cargo bay" A space in a cabinet into which a device of a certain size can be physically mounted and connected to power and data. Common examples are a "drive bay" into which a disk drive usually either 3. 5 inch or 5. 25 inch can be inserted or the space in a docking station where you insert a notebook computer or laptop computer to work in desktop mode or to charge their batteries, print, or connect to the office network, etc.

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