Dictionary entry

Bay (4)

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Bay, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Bayed (bād); p. pr. & vb. n.Baying.] [OE. bayen, abayen, OF. abaier, F. aboyer, to bark; of uncertain origin.] To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bayed.

Dryden.