| slovo | definícia |
bay
(mass) | bay
- arkier |
bay
(encz) | bay,arkýř Zdeněk Brož |
bay
(encz) | bay,hnědák n: Zdeněk Brož |
bay
(encz) | bay,stojan n: Zdeněk Brož |
bay
(encz) | bay,vavřín n: [bot.] Michal Ambrož |
bay
(encz) | bay,výklenek Zdeněk Brož |
bay
(encz) | bay,výt v: Zdeněk Brož |
bay
(encz) | bay,záliv n: Zdeněk Brož |
bay
(encz) | bay,zátoka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Bay
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | 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
(gcide) | Bay \Bay\, n.
A bank or dam to keep back water.
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Bay
(gcide) | Bay \Bay\, v. t.
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
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bay
(gcide) | 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.
[WordNet 1.5]
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]
[WordNet 1.5]
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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bay
(wn) | bay
adj 1: (used of animals especially a horse) of a moderate
reddish-brown color
n 1: an indentation of a shoreline larger than a cove but
smaller than a gulf [syn: bay, embayment]
2: the sound of a hound on the scent
3: 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 [syn:
true laurel, bay, bay laurel, bay tree, {Laurus
nobilis}]
4: a compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a
hospital; "they put him in the sick bay"
5: a compartment in an aircraft used for some specific purpose;
"he opened the bomb bay"
6: a small recess opening off a larger room [syn: alcove,
bay]
7: a horse of a moderate reddish-brown color
v 1: utter in deep prolonged tones
2: bark with prolonged noises, of dogs [syn: bay, quest] |
bay
(foldoc) | 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 as a desktop computer
or to charge their batteries, print or connect to the office
network, etc.
(1999-01-11)
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
at bay
(mass) | at bay
- ďaleko |
at bay
(encz) | at bay,daleko Zdeněk Brožat bay,mimo dosah parkmaj |
bay leaf
(encz) | bay leaf,bobkový list n: Petr Prášek |
bay window
(encz) | bay window,arkýřové okno Zdeněk Brož |
bayes
(encz) | Bayes,Bayes n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
baylor
(encz) | Baylor,Baylor n: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
bayonet
(encz) | bayonet,bajonet n: Zdeněk Brožbayonet,bodák n: Zdeněk Brož |
bayou
(encz) | bayou,pomalu tekoucí voda Zdeněk Brož |
bombay
(encz) | Bombay,Bombaj n: [zem.] |
chesapeake bay
(encz) | Chesapeake Bay, |
delaware bay
(encz) | Delaware Bay, |
green bay
(encz) | Green Bay,město - Spojené státy americké n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a
automatický překlad |
in sick bay
(encz) | in sick bay, |
keep at bay
(encz) | keep at bay,udržovat v odstupu [id.] Rostislav Svoboda |
kobayashi
(encz) | Kobayashi,Kobajaši [jmén.] webKobayashi,Kobayashi n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
maple-leaved bayur
(encz) | maple-leaved bayur, n: |
red bay
(encz) | red bay, n: |
rose bay
(encz) | rose bay, n: |
rosebay
(encz) | rosebay,oleandr n: Zdeněk Brož |
rosebay willowherb
(encz) | rosebay willowherb, n: |
sabayon
(encz) | sabayon, n: |
san francisco bay
(encz) | San Francisco Bay,Sanfranciský přístav mikosoftSan Francisco Bay,Sanfranciský záliv n: [zem.] Petr Prášek |
sick bay
(encz) | sick bay,ošetřovna n: Zdeněk Brož |
sickbay
(encz) | sickbay,ošetřovna n: Zdeněk Brož |
spanish bayonet
(encz) | Spanish bayonet, |
surabaya
(encz) | Surabaya,město - Indonésie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
swamp bay
(encz) | swamp bay, n: |
sweet bay
(encz) | sweet bay, n: |
thunder bay
(encz) | Thunder Bay,město - Kanada n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
bayes
(czen) | Bayes,Bayesn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
baylor
(czen) | Baylor,Baylorn: [jmén.] příjmení, okres v USA Zdeněk Brož a automatický
překlad |
kobayashi
(czen) | Kobayashi,Kobayashin: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
Abay
(gcide) | Abay \A*bay"\ ([.a]*b[=a]"), n. [OF. abay barking.]
Barking; baying of dogs upon their prey. See Bay. [Obs.]
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Bagrina bayad
(gcide) | Bayad \Ba*yad"\, Bayatte \Ba*yatte"\, n. [Ar. bayad.] (Zool.)
A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species
(Bagrina bayad and Bagrina docmac).
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Bay
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
3. A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
5. A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in
the stalks.
[1913 Webster]
6. A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
[1913 Webster]
Sick bay, in vessels of war, that part of a deck
appropriated to the use of the sick. --Totten.
[1913 Webster]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).
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]Bay \Bay\, v. t.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive
to bay; as, to bay the bear. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]
Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by
incessant efforts. --I. Taylor
[1913 Webster]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.
[1913 Webster]Bay \Bay\, v. t. [Cf. OE. b[ae]wen to bathe, and G. b[aum]hen to
foment.]
To bathe. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]Bay \Bay\, n.
A bank or dam to keep back water.
[1913 Webster]Bay \Bay\, v. t.
To dam, as water; -- with up or back.
[1913 Webster]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.
[WordNet 1.5]
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]
[WordNet 1.5]
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).
[WordNet 1.5] |
Bay cat
(gcide) | 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 ice
(gcide) | Ice \Ice\ ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [imac]s; aksin to D.
ijs, G. eis, OHG. [imac]s, Icel. [imac]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis,
and perh. to E. iron.]
1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state
by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent
colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal.
Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C.
being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats.
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Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice
melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling
properties to the large amount of heat required to melt
it.
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2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson.
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3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and
artificially frozen.
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4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor
ice.
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Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and
other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and
is thus attached or anchored to the ground.
Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in
extensive fields which drift out to sea.
Ground ice, anchor ice.
Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under
Glacial.
Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a
field of ice. --Kane.
Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the
horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not
yet in sight.
Ice boat.
(a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on
ice by sails; an ice yacht.
(b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice.
Ice box or Ice chest, a box for holding ice; a box in
which things are kept cool by means of ice; a
refrigerator.
Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic]
--Shak.
Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard,
sweetened, flavored, and frozen.
Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice.
Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to
an ice field, but smaller.
Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane.
Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice.
Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice
artificially, as by the production of a low temperature
through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the
rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid.
Ice master. See Ice pilot (below).
Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice.
Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or
reproducing; papier glac['e].
Ice petrel (Zool.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of
the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice.
Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small
pieces.
Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the
course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called
also ice master.
Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water.
Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.
[1913 Webster]Bay ice \Bay" ice`\
See under Ice.
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Bay leaf
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
The patriot's honors and the poet's bays.
--Trumbull.
[1913 Webster]
3. A tract covered with bay trees. [Local, U. S.]
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]Bay leaf \Bay" leaf`\
See under 3d Bay.
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Bay lynx
(gcide) | 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.
[1913 Webster]
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 porpoise
(gcide) | Porpoise \Por"poise\, n. [OE. porpeys, OF. porpeis, literally,
hog fish, from L. porcus swine + piscis fish. See Pork, and
Fish.]
1. (Zool.) Any small cetacean of the genus Phoc[ae]na,
especially Phoc[ae]na communis, or {Phoc[ae]na
phoc[ae]na}, of Europe, and the closely allied American
species (Phoc[ae]na Americana). The color is dusky or
blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to
the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also
harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and
snuffer.
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2. (Zool.) A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called
by sailors.
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Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zool.), a North American
porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common
species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the
sides. See Illustration in Appendix.
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Bay rum
(gcide) | Bay rum \Bay" rum"\
A fragrant liquid, used for cosmetic and medicinal purposes.
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Note: The original bay rum, from the West Indies, is
prepared, it is believed, by distillation from the
leaves of the bayberry (Myrcia acris). The bay rum of
the Pharmacop[oe]ia (spirit of myrcia) is prepared from
oil of myrcia (bayberry), oil of orange peel, oil of
pimento, alcohol, and water.
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Bay salt
(gcide) | Bay salt \Bay" salt`\
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. --Bacon. Ure.
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bay seal
(gcide) | Seal \Seal\ (s[=e]l), n. [OE. sele, AS. seolh; akin to OHG.
selah, Dan. sael, Sw. sj[aum]l, Icel. selr.] (Zool.)
Any aquatic carnivorous mammal of the families Phocidae and
Otariidae.
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Note: Seals inhabit seacoasts, and are found principally in
the higher latitudes of both hemispheres. There are
numerous species, bearing such popular names as {sea
lion}, sea leopard, sea bear, or ursine seal,
fur seal, and sea elephant. The bearded seal
(Erignathus barbatus), the hooded seal ({Cystophora
cristata}), and the ringed seal (Phoca foetida), are
northern species. See also Eared seal, Harp seal,
Monk seal, and Fur seal, under Eared, Harp,
Monk, and Fur. Seals are much hunted for their
skins and fur, and also for their oil, which in some
species is very abundant.
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Harbor seal (Zool.), the common seal (Phoca vitulina). It
inhabits both the North Atlantic and the North Pacific
Ocean, and often ascends rivers; -- called also {marbled
seal}, native seal, river seal, bay seal, {land
seal}, sea calf, sea cat, sea dog, dotard,
ranger, selchie, tangfish.
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Bay State
(gcide) | Bay State \Bay State\
Massachusetts, which had been called the Colony of
Massachusetts Bay; -- a nickname.
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Bay tree
(gcide) | Bay tree \Bay" tree`\
A species of laurel. (Laurus nobilis).
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Bay window
(gcide) | Bay window \Bay" win"dow\
1. (Arch.) 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.
Syn: bay window, bow window, bow-window.
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2. a protruding abdomen. [informal]
Syn: belly, paunch, pot, potbelly, corporation, tummy.
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Bay yarn
(gcide) | Bay yarn \Bay" yarn`\
Woolen yarn. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright.
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Baya
(gcide) | Baya \Ba"ya\, n. [Native name.] (Zool.)
The East Indian weaver bird (Ploceus Philippinus).
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Bayad
(gcide) | Bayad \Ba*yad"\, Bayatte \Ba*yatte"\, n. [Ar. bayad.] (Zool.)
A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species
(Bagrina bayad and Bagrina docmac).
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Bayadere
(gcide) | Bayadere \Ba`ya*dere"\, n. [F., from Pg. bailadeira a female
dancer, bailar to dance.]
A female dancer in the East Indies. [Written also
bajadere.]
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Bayamo
(gcide) | Bayamo \Ba*ya"mo\, n. (Meteor.)
A violent thunder squall occurring on the south coast of
Cuba, esp. near Bayamo. The gusts, called bayamo winds, are
modified foehn winds.
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Bay-antler
(gcide) | Bay-antler \Bay"-ant`ler\, n. [See Bez-Antler.] (Zool.)
The second tine of a stag's horn. See under Antler.
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Bayard
(gcide) | Bayard \Bay"ard\, n.
1. [OF. bayard, baiart, bay horse; bai bay + -ard. See Bay,
a., and -ard.] Properly, a bay horse, but often any
horse. Commonly in the phrase blind bayard, an old blind
horse.
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Blind bayard moves the mill. --Philips.
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2. [Cf. F. bayeur, fr. bayer to gape.] A stupid, clownish
fellow. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.
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Bayardly
(gcide) | Bayardly \Bay"ard*ly\, a.
Blind; stupid. [Obs.] "A formal and bayardly round of
duties." --Goodman.
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Bayatte
(gcide) | Bayad \Ba*yad"\, Bayatte \Ba*yatte"\, n. [Ar. bayad.] (Zool.)
A large, edible, siluroid fish of the Nile, of two species
(Bagrina bayad and Bagrina docmac).
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Bayberry
(gcide) | Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
(b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta
acris}).
(c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
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Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.
[1913 Webster]Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.)
A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle),
common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered
with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for
hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree,
bayberry, or candleberry.
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bayberry
(gcide) | Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
(b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta
acris}).
(c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
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Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.
[1913 Webster]Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.)
A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle),
common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered
with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for
hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree,
bayberry, or candleberry.
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Bayberry tallow
(gcide) | Bayberry \Bay"ber*ry\, n. (Bot.)
(a) The fruit of the bay tree or Laurus nobilis.
(b) A tree of the West Indies related to the myrtle ({Pimenta
acris}).
(c) The fruit of Myrica cerifera (wax myrtle); the shrub
itself; -- called also candleberry tree.
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Bayberry tallow, a fragrant green wax obtained from the
bayberry or wax myrtle; -- called also myrtle wax.
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bayberry tree
(gcide) | Candleberry tree \Can"dle*ber`ry tree\ (Bot.)
A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle),
common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered
with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for
hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree,
bayberry, or candleberry.
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Baybolt
(gcide) | Baybolt \Bay"bolt`\, n.
A bolt with a barbed shank.
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Bayed
(gcide) | 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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Having a bay or bays. "The large bayed barn." --Drayton.
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Bayeux tapestry
(gcide) | Bayeux tapestry \Ba`yeux" tap"es*try\
A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long,
covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William
the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town
museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th
century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the
Conqueror's wife.
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Baying
(gcide) | 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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