单词 | embayed |
释义 | embayedadj. 1. Enclosed in, or as in, a bay. Also, of a shore: Formed into bays, hollowed out by the sea. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > embayed embayed1835 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [adjective] > formed into, forming, or resembling bay bayinga1552 embayed1835 bay-like1874 the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bend in coast > [adjective] > formed into, forming, or resembling bay > enclosed within embayed1835 1835 R. Mudie Brit. Birds (1841) I. 125 A shore, embayed and torn by the sea. 1839 R. I. Murchison Silurian Syst. i. xxxvii. 516 The embayed flats..are good examples of the fertile soil. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. i. 17 Embayed fragments of the Roman wreck. 1870 J. Yeats Nat. Hist. Commerce 15 The embayed waters of Mexico. 1882 J. B. Redman in Nature 15 June 151/1 Great West Bay..bears..the ugly name of ‘Dead Man's Bay’ from an embayed vessel caught in a South-west gale seldom escaping shipwreck. 2. Forming a bay or recess. See bay n.3 ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [adjective] > bay or oriel window orielleda1823 bowed1823 embayed1834 bay-windowed1836 bow-windowed1849 embowed1864 1834 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Citation & Exam. Shakespeare 267 The embayed window. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < adj.1834 |
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