| • | Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the
   color of horses. | 
											
															| • | An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the
   same general character. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | A recess or indentation shaped like a bay. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the
   stalks. | 
											
															| • | A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay. | 
											
															| • | A berry, particularly of the laurel. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | A tract covered with bay trees. | 
											
															| • | To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game. | 
											
															| • | To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or
   drive to bay; as, to bay the bear. | 
											
															| • | Deep-toned, prolonged barking. | 
											
															| • | A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a
   difficulty, when escape has become impossible. | 
											
															| • | To bathe. | 
											
															| • | A bank or dam to keep back water. | 
											
															| • | To dam, as water; -- with up or back. |