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Embay

verb

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To bathe; to steep. obsolete, transitive

    "Sweete Loue, that doth his golding wings embay / In bleſſed Nectar, and pure Pleaſures well[…]."

  2. 2
    To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay. transitive

    "Hebrew the profile, every line; / But as in haven fringed with palm, / Which Indian reefs embay from harm, / Belulled as in the vase the wine— / Red budded corals in remove, / Peep coy through quietudes above; […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From em- + bay (“bathe”).

Etymology 2

From em- + bay.

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