embayv.¹

Brit.

/ɪmˈbeɪ/,

/ɛmˈbeɪ/, U.S.

/əmˈbeɪ/,

/ɛmˈbeɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s imbay, 1600s inbay.

Etymology: < em- prefix + bay n.², bay n.³

a. transitive. To lay (a vessel) within a bay. Also of the action of the wind or tide: To force (a vessel) into a bay; to detain within a bay.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > drive (of weather, etc.) > embay

embay1589

unbaya1661

1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 685 Being immediatly embayed in the Grand bay.

a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 21 When wee were come with our shippes as neere the shore..as wee could, for feare of being embayed.

1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. i. 3/2 He found himself Embayed within a mighty Head of Land.

1810 Edinb. Rev. 17 150 Many small whales..are yearly embayed and killed.

1870 Illustr. London News 29 Oct. 438 The headland before her must be weathered, unless she would be embayed and stranded.

b. transferred ? with a reference to bay n.³

ΚΠ

1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xviii. 192 Some of them might miss the real doors, and be driven into the intervals, and embayed there.

2. passive. Of a town: To be enclosed within a bay.

ΚΠ

1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iv. ii. 313 The town Castries is quite embayed.

1842 J. Sterling Let. 14 Apr. in T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling (1851) ii. xi. 292 The town..is not at all embayed, though there is some little shelter for shipping within the mole.

3. reflexive. Of the sea: To form a bay. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [verb (reflexive)] > make gulf, bay, or recess

embay1653

1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iii. 97 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian But finding..the sea to embay it self on both sides the Land.

4. To enclose (as in a bay); to shut in; to envelop, surround; also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)]

beloukOE

pind?c1225

closec1275

beshuta1300

to shut about13..

umbclosec1330

to close about1340

aclosec1350

in close1393

enclose?a1400

tinec1400

concludea1425

includec1425

wallc1430

underclosec1440

inclusea1450

hedgec1500

lista1513

inrail1523

interclude1524

fence1535

parclose1535

riba1547

pale1570

impale1579

embay1582

immure1583

upclosec1590

enchase1591

interclose1592

recinct1598

underfong1599

intermure1606

bound1609

engirt1627

bosom1637

infence1652

cancellate1664

circumclude1677

embosomc1750

comprehend1807

1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 Laocoon..Is to sone embayed with wrapping girdle y coompast.

a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 36 The ordinary and ready way to the town lay on that side low and inbayd to the foot of the hilly downs.

1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 16 We found our selues imbayed with a mightie headland.

1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 Aug. (1967) III. i. 424 We were in a manner embayed by the ice.

1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes xi. 69 Bridder Water..looks as if embayed in mountains.

1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 176 The waters were embayed in eddies or pools.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxii. 32 He found himself embayed in a labyrinth without end.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† embayv.²

Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + bay(e v.⁵

poetic. Obsolete.

1. transitive. To plunge (in a liquid); to bathe; hence, to drench, wet; to imbrue, steep.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)]

drenchc1000

washc1275

drowna1300

drunkena1300

drunka1382

bewetc1400

bedrenchc1450

bucka1513

sowp1513

drooka1522

sousea1542

soaken1577

overdrown1579

soss1587

embay1590

steep1590

overdrencha1592

embathe1593

indrench1593

imbue1594

douse1606

besob1609

bucket1621

sob1625

dash1670

sop1682

saturate1696

float1729

water1754

sodden1812

douche1864

poach1881

tosh1883

sod1895

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. I8^v Sad repentance used to embay, His blamefull body in salt water.

1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. D2^v Our mouthes in honie to embay.

1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. lxii. 225 Their swords both points and edges sharpe embay In purple bloud, where so they hit or light.

1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 206 His horse, Whose sides, in their own blood embay'd, E'en to the bone were open laid.

2. figurative.

a. To bathe (oneself) in sleep, sunshine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (reflexive)] > to sun

sun1572

embay1590

1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 200 In the warme sunne he doth himselfe embay.

1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 63 And all about, embayed in soft sleep, A herd of charmed beasts aground were spread.

b. Of sleep: To bedew, steep, suffuse, pervade.

ΚΠ

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H7 Whiles euery sence the humour sweet embayd.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	embay
释义	embayv.¹ Brit. /ɪmˈbeɪ/, /ɛmˈbeɪ/, U.S. /əmˈbeɪ/, /ɛmˈbeɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s imbay, 1600s inbay. Etymology: < em- prefix + bay n.², bay n.³ 1. a. transitive. To lay (a vessel) within a bay. Also of the action of the wind or tide: To force (a vessel) into a bay; to detain within a bay. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > drive (of weather, etc.) > embay embay1589 unbaya1661 1589 E. Hayes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 685 Being immediatly embayed in the Grand bay. a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 21 When wee were come with our shippes as neere the shore..as wee could, for feare of being embayed. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi i. i. 3/2 He found himself Embayed within a mighty Head of Land. 1810 Edinb. Rev. 17 150 Many small whales..are yearly embayed and killed. 1870 Illustr. London News 29 Oct. 438 The headland before her must be weathered, unless she would be embayed and stranded. b. transferred ? with a reference to bay n.³ ΚΠ 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xviii. 192 Some of them might miss the real doors, and be driven into the intervals, and embayed there. 2. passive. Of a town: To be enclosed within a bay. ΚΠ 1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. iv. ii. 313 The town Castries is quite embayed. 1842 J. Sterling Let. 14 Apr. in T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling (1851) ii. xi. 292 The town..is not at all embayed, though there is some little shelter for shipping within the mole. 3. reflexive. Of the sea: To form a bay. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [verb (reflexive)] > make gulf, bay, or recess embay1653 1653 H. Holcroft tr. Procopius Gothick Warre iii. 97 in tr. Procopius Hist. Warres Justinian But finding..the sea to embay it self on both sides the Land. 4. To enclose (as in a bay); to shut in; to envelop, surround; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] beloukOE pind?c1225 closec1275 beshuta1300 to shut about13.. umbclosec1330 to close about1340 aclosec1350 in close1393 enclose?a1400 tinec1400 concludea1425 includec1425 wallc1430 underclosec1440 inclusea1450 hedgec1500 lista1513 inrail1523 interclude1524 fence1535 parclose1535 riba1547 pale1570 impale1579 embay1582 immure1583 upclosec1590 enchase1591 interclose1592 recinct1598 underfong1599 intermure1606 bound1609 engirt1627 bosom1637 infence1652 cancellate1664 circumclude1677 embosomc1750 comprehend1807 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis ii. 28 Laocoon..Is to sone embayed with wrapping girdle y coompast. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 36 The ordinary and ready way to the town lay on that side low and inbayd to the foot of the hilly downs. 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia i. 16 We found our selues imbayed with a mightie headland. 1778 J. Cook Jrnl. 26 Aug. (1967) III. i. 424 We were in a manner embayed by the ice. 1792 J. Budworth Fortnight's Ramble Lakes xi. 69 Bridder Water..looks as if embayed in mountains. 1862 G. P. Scrope Volcanos (ed. 2) 176 The waters were embayed in eddies or pools. 1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xxii. 32 He found himself embayed in a labyrinth without end. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † embayv.² Etymology: < en- prefix¹ + bay(e v.⁵ poetic. Obsolete. 1. transitive. To plunge (in a liquid); to bathe; hence, to drench, wet; to imbrue, steep. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] drenchc1000 washc1275 drowna1300 drunkena1300 drunka1382 bewetc1400 bedrenchc1450 bucka1513 sowp1513 drooka1522 sousea1542 soaken1577 overdrown1579 soss1587 embay1590 steep1590 overdrencha1592 embathe1593 indrench1593 imbue1594 douse1606 besob1609 bucket1621 sob1625 dash1670 sop1682 saturate1696 float1729 water1754 sodden1812 douche1864 poach1881 tosh1883 sod1895 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. x. sig. I8^v Sad repentance used to embay, His blamefull body in salt water. 1594 1st Pt. Raigne Selimus sig. D2^v Our mouthes in honie to embay. 1600 E. Fairfax tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne xii. lxii. 225 Their swords both points and edges sharpe embay In purple bloud, where so they hit or light. 1763 C. Churchill Ghost iv. 206 His horse, Whose sides, in their own blood embay'd, E'en to the bone were open laid. 2. figurative. a. To bathe (oneself) in sleep, sunshine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > subjection or exposure to heat or fire > subject or expose to heat or fire [verb (reflexive)] > to sun sun1572 embay1590 1590 E. Spenser Muiopotmos 200 In the warme sunne he doth himselfe embay. 1610 G. Fletcher Christ's Vict. in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign James I (1847) 63 And all about, embayed in soft sleep, A herd of charmed beasts aground were spread. b. Of sleep: To bedew, steep, suffuse, pervade. ΚΠ 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H7 Whiles euery sence the humour sweet embayd. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < v.¹1582v.²1590
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