embay
Origin of embay
1Other words from embay
- un·em·bayed, adjective
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How to use embay in a sentence
Many an early voyager was unexpectedly caught by this hook, and found himself embayed.
Cape Cod | Henry D. ThoreauThey sauntered on towards a turn of the stream where a little pool lay embayed like a smooth mirror reflecting the grassy bank.
The Golden Dog | William KirbyHe was at this time embayed in the King's Garden, as the archipelago is called.
It was terminated by a deeply-embayed window filled with stained glass of the most gorgeous colours.
Guy Fawkes | William Harrison AinsworthThere is a rich and beautiful church here—Notre Dame—with a deeply embayed porch full of lavish detail.
A Day's Tour | Percy Fitzgerald
British Dictionary definitions for embay
/ (ɪmˈbeɪ) /
to form into a bay
to enclose in or as if in a bay
(esp of the wind) to force (a ship, esp a sailing ship) into a bay
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