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A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay.

ast Indies, but the red variety has become common in the south of Europe. Called also rosebay, rose laurel, and South-sea rose.

A bay window. See Bay window. The beams that thro' the oriel shine Make prisms in every carven glass. Tennyson.

extreme limit; the place of ending. [Obs.] The outgoings of the border were at the north bay of the salt sea, at the south end of Jordan. Josh. xviii. 19.

e (Æpyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.

A warding off of a thrust or blow, as in sword and bayonet exercises or in boxing; hence, figuratively, a defensive movement in debate or other intellectual encounter.

A vessel resembling a grab, used in the coasting trade of Bombay and Ceylon. [Written also pattemar.]

g of a long wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is now superseded by the bayonet.

A true dolphin (Delphinus); -- often so called by sailors. Skunk porpoise, or Bay porpoise (Zoöl.), a North American porpoise (Lagenorhynchus acutus), larger than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

A place where ships may ride secure from storms; a sheltered inlet, bay, or cove; a harbor; a haven. Used also figuratively.

One of the three great divisions of British India, the Bengal, Madras, and Bombay Presidencies, each of which had a council of which its governor was president.

some pointed instrument into; to prick with something sharp; as, to prod a soldier with a bayonet; to prod oxen; hence, to goad, to incite, to worry; as, to prod a student. H. Taylor.

To make improvement; to advance. Bayard. If man progresses, art must progress too. Caird.

Of or pertaining to the soul; psychical. Bayne.

To recede; to fall or bend back; as, the shore of the sea retires in bays and gulfs.

ten having handsome evergreen leaves, and remarkable for the beauty of their flowers; rosebay.

Having a bay, chestnut, brown, or black color, with gray or white thickly interspersed; -- said of a horse. Give my roan a drench. Shak.

, the Royal Academy of Arts; the Royal Society. Battle royal. See under Battle. -- Royal bay (Bot.), the classic laurel (Laurus nobilis.) -- Royal eagle. (Zoöl.) See Golden eagle, under Golden. -- Royal fern (Bot.), the handsome fern Osmunda regalis. See Osmund. -- Royal mast (Naut.), the mast next above the topgall…

Colored a prevailing red, bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses. Smart.

ke, cut, or kill with a saber; to cut down, as with a saber. You send troops to saber and bayonet us into submission. Burke.