Definition of Embayed

1. Verb. (past of embay) ¹

2. Adjective. Enclosed in (or as though in) a bay; harboured. ¹

3. Adjective. Of water: formed into a bay or bays. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Embayed

1. embay [v] - See also: embay

Lexicographical Neighbors of Embayed

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

Literary usage of Embayed

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

1. A Narrative of Voyages and Commercial Enterprises by Richard Jeffry Cleveland (1850)
"... Passage to Cape de Verde Islands— Tornado^-St. Paul's on the Equator—'Pernambuco— Kio de la Plata—Cape Horn—embayed—Passage of the Cape — Land, ..."

2. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1859)
"The parlor ie on the west side of the hall, and, with its embayed window, forms a noble apartment. On the east side of the hall are located the sitting-room ..."

3. Niles' Weekly Register edited by Hezekiah Niles, Jeremiah Hughes, George Beatty (1835)
"... ami here cannot be a finer one any where: twenty to twenty fire ret-l of water in front of the town, and completely embayed from any lake wind*; ..."

4. Seasons with the Sea-horses; Or, Sporting Adventures in the Northern Seas by James Lamont (1861)
"Danger of getting embayed. — Narrow Escape. 28th.—FOG in the morning confined us to the sloop during the early part of the day. When it cleared, a schooner ..."

5. Principles and Practice of Harbour Construction by William Shield (1895)
"... current across harbour entrance objectionable —Widths of entrances—Reduction of waves—Relative advantages of embayed and salient sites for harbours. ..."

6. First Year Science by William Henry Snyder (1914)
"embayed Plains. — If a coastal plain is submerged after it has been somewhat eroded, the water backs up into the stream valleys and forms reentrant bays. ..."

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