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bayou (encz) | bayou,pomalu tekoucí voda Zdeněk Brož |
Bayou (gcide) | Bayou \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.
spelling bayouc, bayouque.]
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a
large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without
perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.
S.]
[1913 Webster]
A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly
northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W.
Cable.
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bayou (wn) | bayou
n 1: a swampy arm or slow-moving outlet of a lake (term used
mainly in Mississippi and Louisiana) |
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Bayou (gcide) | Bayou \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.
spelling bayouc, bayouque.]
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a
large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without
perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.
S.]
[1913 Webster]
A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly
northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W.
Cable.
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Bayou State (gcide) | Bayou State \Bay"ou State`\
Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous.
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Bayous (gcide) | Bayou \Bay"ou\, n.; pl. Bayous. [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.
spelling bayouc, bayouque.]
An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a
large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without
perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.
S.]
[1913 Webster]
A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly
northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. --G. W.
Cable.
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