EMBAYED

Verb

embayed

simple past tense and past participle of embay

Adjective

embayed (comparative more embayed, superlative most embayed)

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

Of water: formed into a bay or bays.

Source: Wiktionary


EMBAY

Em*bay", v. t. Etym: [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.]

Definition: To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing. [Obs.] Spenser.

Em*bay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Embayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Embaying.] Etym: [Pref. em- + 1st bay.]

Definition: To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay. If that the Turkish fleet Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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