Bay

a.	1.	Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; - applied to the color of horses. 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).
n.	1.	(Geog.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
	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.
	3.	A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
	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.
	5.	A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
	6.	A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. Sick bay in vessels of war, that part of a deck appropriated to the use of the sick. - Totten.
	1.	A berry, particularly of the laurel.
	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. The patriot's honors and the poet's bays. - Trumbull.
	3.	A tract covered with bay trees. 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.
v. i.	1.	To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. [imp. & p. p. Bayed (bād); p. pr. & vb. n. Baying.] The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed. - Dryden.
v. t.	1.	To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
n.	1.	Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
	2.	A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible. Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. - Dryden. The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts. - I. Taylor
v. t.	1.	To bathe.
n.	1.	A bank or dam to keep back water.
v. t.	1.	To dam, as water; - with up or back.

Noun	1.	bay - an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf
	2.	bay - the sound of a hound on the scent
	3.	bay - small Mediterranean evergreen tree with small blackish berries and glossy aromatic leaves used for flavoring in cooking; also used by ancient Greeks to crown victors Synonyms: bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis, true laurel
	4.	bay - a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
	5.	bay - a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose; "he opened the bomb bay"
	6.	bay - a small recess opening off a larger room Synonyms: alcove
	7.	bay - a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
Verb	1.	bay - utter in deep prolonged tones
	2.	bay - bark with prolonged noises, of dogs Synonyms: quest
Adj.	1.	bay - (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate reddish-brown color

BAY. Is an enclosure to keep in the water for the supply of a mill or other contrivance, so that the water may be able to, drive the wheels of such mill. Stat. 27 Eliz. c. 19.
     2. A large open water or harbor where ships may ride, is also called a bay; as, the Chesapeake Bay, the, Bay of New York.

(hardware)

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.

To see a bay in your dream, represents understanding. Something is become clearer to you. The dream may also suggest that you are keeping someone at a distance and not let them get too close to you.Old Mug, Titian, accolade, adust, alcove, archives, arm, armlet, armory, arsenal, attic, auburn, award, badge, bank, bark, basement, bawl, bay window, bay-colored, bayard, 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, 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, henna, hold, honk, howl, hutch, inglenook, 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 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

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