Of the effective action of the hunted animal: to holdor keep at (a) bay (the assailing hounds); to give the bay to (obsolete); and (rarely) of the…

To bring to bay, hold at bay. (The notion of barking disappears.)

Of the position of the hunted animal: to stand, be (abideobs.) at bay, turn to bay; and of the relative action of the hounds: to holdor have at bay…

Used in many phrases and idiomatic expressions merely as a variant (more emphatic or expressive of greater violence) of throw or cast (see esp. cast…

To traverse, go over or through, by running. transitive. Hunting. Of a quarry: to pass along or through (a particular cover, tract of land, etc.)…

intransitive. Hunting. Of a fox: to hold out when pursued by (hounds). Cf. to stand up 7 at phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

Hunting. To put (a hound) at fault; to throw off the scent. rare.

transitive (Coursing.) To elude (the dogs) temporarily.