Definition of Embay

1. v. t. To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.

2. v. t. To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.

Definition of Embay

1. Verb. (transitive, obsolete) To bathe; soothe or lull. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Embay

1. to enclose in a bay [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embay

embaste
embathe
embathed
embathes
embathing
embattail
embattailed
embattailing
embattails
embattle
embattled
embattlement
embattlements
embattles
embattling
embay (current term)
embayed
embaying
embayld
embayment
embayments
embays
embeam
embeamed
embeaming
embeams
embed
embeddable
embedded
embedded system

Literary usage of Embay

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary of Tudor and Stuart Words: Especially from the Dramatists by Walter William Skeat, Anthony Lawson Mayhew (1914)
"embay, to bathe, drench, wet, steep. Spenser, FQ i. 10. 27 ; it 12. 60. Metaph., to bathe (oneself in sunshine); ..."

2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language: To by John Walker (1806)
"To embay, em-ba'. va (98). To bath, to wet, to wash ; to inclose in a bay, to land-lock. EMBELLI SUM к NT, em-bel'lish-ment. s. ..."

3. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"To embay', va. (mor.) enfermer clans une baie. EMBED'DED, adj. (nut. hist.) mêlé avec, dans le même lit. ..."

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