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.