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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[Pref.

em-

bay

to bathe.]

To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.

[Obs.]

Spenser.

Verb.

[

imp. & p. p.

Embayed

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Embaying

[Pref.

em-

+ 1st

bay

To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.

If that the Turkish fleet
Be not ensheltered and

embayed

, they are drowned.

Shakespeare

Verb.

[en, in, and bay.] To inclose in a bay or inlet; to land-lock; to inclose between capes or promontories.

To bathe; to wash. [Not used.]