bay
/ˈbeɪ̯/ noun C2- The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
- The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
- A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
Plural bays
From the library
To where my toy vessels lie safe in the bay.
And from the window-bay
If it’s your liver, there’s the _Rambler_ down in the bay, coaled, and ready to steam down to the Bahamas in two days.”
Let him be accepted.” And then came Akela’s deep bay, crying: “Look well--look well, O Wolves!”
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