Embay

Origin 1

From - + bay("bathe").

Full definition of embay

Verb

(transitive, obsolete) To bathe; to steep.

1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, III.11:Sweete Love, that doth his golden wings embay
In blessed Nectar and pure Pleasures well â€¦.
1600, Edward Fairfax, The Jerusalem Delivered of Tasso, XII, lxii:Their swords both points and edges sharp embay
In purple blood whereso they hit or light.

Origin 2

From - + bay.

Alternative forms

imbay

Verb

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

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