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nook
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: no?ok, IPA(key): /n?k/
- (obsolete) enPR: no?ok, IPA(key): /nu?k/
- Rhymes: -?k
Etymology
From Middle English noke, nok (“nook, corner, angle”), of uncertain origin. Cognate with Scots neuk, nuk (“corner, angle of a square, angular object”). Perhaps from Old English hnoc, hnocc (“hook, angle”), from Proto-Germanic *hnukkaz, *hnukkô (“a bend”), from Proto-Indo-European *knewg- (“to turn, press”), from Proto-Indo-European *ken- (“to pinch, press, bend”). If so, then also related to Scots nok (“small hook”), Norwegian dialectal nok, nokke (“hook, angle, bent object”), Danish nok (“hook”), Swedish nock (“ridge”), Faroese nokki (“crook”), Icelandic hnokki (“hook”), Dutch nok (“ridge”), Low German Nocke (“tip”), Old Norse hnúka (“to bend, crouch”), Old English ?ehnycned (“drawn, pinched, wrinkled”).
Noun
nook (plural nooks)
- A small corner formed by two walls; an alcove.
- Synonyms: alcove, ancone, recess
- A hidden or secluded spot; a secluded retreat.
- A recess, cove or hollow.
- Synonym: niche
- (historical) An English unit of land area, originally 1?4 of a yardland but later 12 1?2 or 20 acres.
- Synonym: fardel
- a. 1634, W. Noye, The Complete Lawyer, 57:
- You must note, that two Fardells of Land make a Nooke of Land, and two Nookes make halfe a Yard of Land.
- 1903, English Dialectical Dictionary, volume IV, page 295:
- Nook, an old legal term for 12 1?2 acres of land; still in use at Alston.
- 1968, November 9, The Economist, page 2:
- They poured their wine by the aume or the fust, and cut their cloth by the goad—not to be confused with the gawd, which was a measure of steel. Their nook was not cosy; it covered 20 acres.
- (chiefly Northern England, archaic) A corner of a piece of land; an angled piece of land, especially one extending into other land.
Alternative forms
- (corner of a piece of land): nuke
Hypernyms
- (unit of area): See hundred (16,000 nooks); see carucate (16); see virgate (4); see oxgang (2)
Hyponyms
- (unit of area): See fardel (1?2 nook), see acre (various fractions & for further subdivisions)
Derived terms
Related terms
- inglenook
Translations
Verb
nook (third-person singular simple present nooks, present participle nooking, simple past and past participle nooked)
- To withdraw into a nook.
- To situate in a nook.
References
Anagrams
- Kono
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bay
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: b?, IPA(key): /be?/
- Rhymes: -e?
Etymology 1
From Middle English baye, baie, from Old English be? (“berry”), as in be?b?am (“berry-tree”), conflated with Old French baie, from Latin b?ca (“berry”).
Noun
bay (plural bays)
- (obsolete) A berry.
- Laurus nobilis, a tree or shrub of the family Lauraceae, having dark green leaves and berries.
- Bay leaf, the leaf of this or certain other species of tree or shrub, used as a herb.
- (in the plural, now rare) The leaves of this shrub, woven into a garland used to reward a champion or victor; hence, fame, victory.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- both you here with many a cursed oth, / Sweare she is yours, and stirre vp bloudie frayes, / To win a willow bough, whilest other weares the bayes.
- 1771, John Trumbull, On the Vanity of Youthful Expectations
- The patriot's honours and the poet's bays.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.i:
- (US, dialect) A tract covered with bay trees.
- A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeche in Mexico.
Synonyms
- (Laurus nobilis): bay laurel, Grecian laurel, laurel, sweet bay, true laurel, bay tree
- (Garland symbolic of fame, victor): laurels
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From French baie, from Late Latin baia, probably ultimately from Iberian or Basque badia.
Noun
bay (plural bays)
- (geography) A body of water (especially the sea) more or less three-quarters surrounded by land.
- A bank or dam to keep back water.
Synonyms
- (body of water): gulf
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From French baie, from Old French baé, masculine singular past participle of the verb baer, from Medieval Latin bad? (“I am open”). More at bevel, badinage.
Noun
bay (plural bays)
- An opening in a wall, especially between two columns.
- An internal recess; a compartment or area surrounded on three sides.
- The distance between two supports in a vault or building with a pitched roof.
- (nautical) Each of the spaces, port and starboard, between decks, forward of the bitts, in sailing warships.
- (rail transport) A bay platform.
- A bay window.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 4
From Old French bay, combined with aphesized form of abay; verbal form of baier, abaier.
Noun
bay (plural bays)
- The excited howling of dogs when hunting or being attacked.
- (by extension) The climactic confrontation between hunting-dogs and their prey.
- (figuratively) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
- Embolden'd by despair, he stood at bay.
- 1832, Isaac Taylor, Saturday Evening
- The most terrible evils are just kept at bay by incessant efforts.
Derived terms
- at bay
Translations
Verb
bay (third-person singular simple present bays, present participle baying, simple past and past participle bayed)
- (intransitive) To howl.
- The hounds at nearer distance hoarsely bay'd.
- (transitive) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay.
- to bay the bear
- (transitive) To pursue noisily, like a pack of hounds.
Derived terms
- bay at the moon
Translations
Etymology 5
From French baie, from Latin badius (“reddish brown, chestnut”).
Adjective
bay (comparative more bay, superlative most bay)
- Of a reddish-brown colour (especially of horses).
Derived terms
- bay cat
- Bay Horse
- bay lynx
- En
Translations
Noun
bay (countable and uncountable, plural bays)
- A brown colour/color of the coat of some horses.
- A horse of this color.
- 1877, George Nevile, Horses and Riding (page 105)
- […] browns are the soberest, bays are the worst tempered, and chestnuts are the most foolish.
- 1877, George Nevile, Horses and Riding (page 105)
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bay.
Translations
See also
- abeyance
- badinage
- baize
- daphne
- voe
- Wikipedia article on bays in geography
- Appendix:Colors
- Wikipedia article on bay, the horse colour/color
Anagrams
- Aby, YBA, aby
Anguthimri
Noun
bay
- (Mpakwithi) barracouta
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185
Cebuano
Etymology 1
Aphetic form of abay.
Noun
bay
- an address to a male friend
Etymology 2
Compare balay.
Noun
bay
- a house
Cornish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bæi/
Noun
bay m (plural bayow)
- kiss
Mutation
Synonyms
- amm, abm
- cussyn
Related terms
- amma, abma
Crimean Tatar
Adjective
bay
- rich
Declension
Guianese Creole
Etymology
From French bailler.
Verb
bay
- to give
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French bailler.
Verb
bay
- to give
Synonyms
- ba
- ban
Hone
Noun
bay
- dog
Further reading
- Anne Storch, Hone, in Coding Participant Marking: Construction Types in Twelve African Languages, edited by Gerrit Jan Dimmendaal
San Juan Guelavía Zapotec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish paño.
Noun
bay
- rebozo
References
- López Antonio, Joaquín; Jones, Ted; Jones, Kris (2012) Vocabulario breve del Zapoteco de San Juan Guelavía?[1] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Tlalpan, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., pages 13, 28
Tatar
Adjective
bay
- rich, noble
Turkish
Etymology
Cognate with Old Turkic ????????? (b¹y¹ /bay/, “rich person, noble”), from Proto-Turkic *b?j (“rich, noble; many, numerous”).
The meaning “sir, gentleman” was coined during the language reforms in parallel to bey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?baj/
Noun
bay (definite accusative bay?, plural baylar)
- (countable) gentleman
- (title used for a man) Mr.
Declension
Usage notes
Used as a title, the word is usually capitalized and followed by a person's name, often his surname or full name (as in “Bay Ahmet ??k”). This is unlike the more traditional title bey, which is used after a person's name, most commonly just his given name (as in “Ahmet Bey”).
Synonyms
- bey
- beyefendi
Derived terms
- albay
- yarbay
- bayan
Adjective
bay (comparative daha bay, superlative en bay)
- (dialectal, otherwise dated) rich, wealthy
Declension
Synonyms
- zengin (rich)
- varl?kl? (rich)
Antonyms
- yoksul (poor)
- fakir (poor)
- zü?ürt (poor)
References
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [??aj??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [??aj??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [??a(?)j??]
Etymology 1
From Proto-Vietic *p?r, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *par; cognates include Muong p?l, Bahnar p?r, Pacoh pár and Mon ??? (p?).
Verb
bay • (????, ????)
- to fly (travel through the air)
- to flutter (flap or wave quickly but irregularly)
- to fly (travel very fast)
- to fade away
Derived terms
Adverb
bay
- with ease; in a fast-paced manner
Etymology 2
Noun
(classifier cái) bay • (????)
- trowel
Etymology 3
See bây.
Alternative forms
- bây
Pronoun
bay
- (informal) you (second-person plural)
Related terms
- mày
References
- "bay" in H? Ng?c ??c, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)
Zoogocho Zapotec
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish paño (“cloth”), from Latin pannus.
Noun
bay
- handkerchief
- scarf
Derived terms
- bay cho?a ?e?e
- güex?oa bay
References
- Long C., Rebecca; Cruz M., Sofronio (2000) Diccionario zapoteco de San Bartolomé Zoogocho, Oaxaca (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 38)?[2] (in Spanish), second electronic edition, Coyoacán, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 5
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