embay verb² trans.poet. L16-M18.
[from EM-¹ + BAY verb³.]
Bathe; drench, steep.

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embay verb¹ trans. [ɪm'beɪ, ɛm-] L16.
[from EM-¹ + BAY noun³.]
1. Enclose (as) in a bay, recess; shut in; surround. L16.
■ W. C. Williams Beds for the poor and sick embayed into the wall.

2. Put or force (a boat) into a bay. E17.
■ C. Francis Ships were embayed between two headlands and tacked back and forth for days.

3. In pass. Be formed into bays. M19.
■ G. E. Hutchinson Embayed coast lines.

■ embayment noun a bay; a recess in a coastline forming a bay; a recess like a bay: E19.

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