embay

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: em=bay

CIDE DICTIONARY

embay, v. t. [Pref. em- + bay to bathe.].

 To bathe; to soothe or lull as by bathing.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

embay, v. t. [Pref. em- + 1st bay.].

 To shut in, or shelter, as in a bay.  [1913 Webster]
"If that the Turkish fleet
Be not ensheltered and embayed, they are drowned."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

embay, v.tr.
1 enclose in or as in a bay; shut in.
2 form (a coast) into bays.

Derivative

embayment n.

ROGET THESAURUS

embay

Circumscription

VB circumscribe, limit, bound, confine, inclose, surround, compass about, imprison, hedge in, wall in, rail in, fence round, fence in, hedge round, picket, corral, enfold, bury, encase, incase, pack up, enshrine, inclasp, wrap up, embay, embosom, containment (inclusion).