A body of water (especially the sea) more-or-less three-quarters surrounded by land.
An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
A bay platform.
A bay window.
The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
A horse of this color.
A bank or dam to keep back water.
The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
A tract covered with bay trees.
Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
To howl.
To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
A portion of an ocean or sea extending into the land; a partially landlocked sea
The bottom part of a list of those awarded a degree, for those who have only just passed.
That which swallows irretrievably; a whirlpool; a sucking eddy.
A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin.
A large deposit of ore in a lode.
A wide interval or gap; a separating space.
A difference, especially a large difference, between groups.
To award a degree to somebody who has only just passed sufficiently.