Bay definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary BAY, a. [L.badius. Blass Bd.] Red, or reddish, inclining to ... of horses. The shades of this color are called light bay, dark bay, dappled bay, gilded bay, chestnut bay. In popular language, in England, all bay ...
sick bay definitions Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1813 a compartment in ... or make some sick feathers in his wings. --Fuller. Sick bay (Naut.), an apartment in a vessel, used as the ship ... distempered; indisposed; weak; ailing; feeble; morbid. Webster's 1913 Dictionary 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 ... around which the land forms a curve; as, Hudson's Bay. The name is not restricted to tracts of water ...
bay leaf definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: dried leaf of the bay laurel Merriam Webster's noun Date: 15th century the dried ... laurel (Laurus nobilis) used in cooking Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay Bay, n. [F. baie a berry, the fruit of the laurel ... the poet's bays. --Trumbull. 3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.] Bay leaf, the leaf of the bay tree (Laurus nobilis). ...
bay window definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window, corporation, tummy] 2: a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house [syn: bay window, bow window] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 15th century 1. a window or series of windows forming a bay in a room and projecting outward from the wall 2. potbelly 1 Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay window Bay" win"dow (Arch.) A window forming a bay or ...
bay tree definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small ... used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay tree Bay" tree` A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis). Easton's ...
Botany Bay definitions Merriam Webster's geographical name inlet of the S ... landing by Capt. J. Cook in 1770; he named the bay for its great variety of plants. It was selected in ... there from China about the year 1850. Australian, or Botany Bay, tea (Bot.), a woody clambing plant (Smilax glycyphylla). Brazilian tea ... China. See Tea plant, above. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Botany Bay Bot"a*ny Bay" A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an ... 1770. Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. Botany Bay kino (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the ...
sweet bay definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: shrub or ... fragrant white flowers; abundant in southeastern United States [syn: sweet bay, swamp bay, swamp laurel, Magnolia virginiana] Merriam Webster's noun Date: 1716 ... small, yellowish white flowers in their axils; -- called also sweet bay. Note: The fruit is a purple berry. It is found ... and tree yield an aromatic oil, used to flavor the bay water of commerce. Note: The name is extended to other ... Any apple of sweet flavor. (b) See Sweet-top. Sweet bay. (Bot.) (a) The laurel (laurus nobilis). (b) Swamp sassafras. ...
bay rum definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an ... medicinal liquid distilled from the leaves of a West Indian bay tree (Pimenta racemosa) of the myrtle family or usually prepared ... from essential oils, alcohol, and water Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay rum Bay" rum" A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes. Note: The original bay rum, from the West Indies, is prepared, it is believed ... distillation from the leaves of the bayberry (Myrcia acris). The bay rum of the Pharmacop[oe]ia (spirit of myrcia) ...
... used by ancient Greeks to crown victors [syn: true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, Laurus nobilis] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Laurus Lau"rus ... Lau"ric, a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the European bay or laurel (Laurus nobilis). Lauric acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline ... resembling palmitic acid, and obtained from the fruit of the bay tree, and other sources. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Laurin Lau ... A white crystalline substance extracted from the fruit of the bay (Laurus nobilis), and consisting of a complex mixture of ...
bay lynx definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small lynx of North America [syn: bobcat, bay lynx, Lynx rufus] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay Bay, a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnutcolored; -- used only ... color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zo["o]l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). Bay lynx (Zo["o]l.), the common American lynx (Felis, ...
Hudson Bay definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an inland ... H. Hudson, who navigated its E coast in 1610, the bay and the surrounding area, known as Rupert's Land, were controlled by the Hudson's Bay Co. 1821-69. Hudson Bay is shallow, with an average depth of 330 ft (100 ... conservation purposes, the Canadian government has designated the whole Hudson Bay basin a "mare clausum" (closed sea).
Botany Bay kino definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Botany Bay Bot"a*ny Bay" A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an ... 1770. Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. Botany Bay kino (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian species of Eucalyptus. Botany Bay resin (Med.), a resin of reddish yellow color, resembling gamboge ...
Botany Bay resin definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Botany Bay Bot"a*ny Bay" A harbor on the east coast of Australia, and an ... 1770. Note: Hence, any place to which desperadoes resort. Botany Bay kino (Med.), an astringent, reddish substance consisting of the inspissated juice of several Australian species of Eucalyptus. Botany Bay resin (Med.), a resin of reddish yellow color, resembling gamboge ...
Bay State definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: a ... New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA] Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay State Bay State Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.
Bay cat definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Bay Bay, a. [F. bai, fr. L. badius brown, chestnutcolored; -- used only ... color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses. Bay cat (Zo["o]l.), a wild cat of Africa and the East Indies (Felis aurata). Bay lynx (Zo["o]l.), the common American lynx (Felis, or ...