The barking or baying of hounds at a hunted animal, esp. when they have driven it into a position from which it is unable to flee further but…

The baying of a hunting dog at the sight of game; barking, yelping. Also in extended use. Cf. yearn, v.1 5. Obsolete.

The chattering of a bird. Also (Hunting): the undisciplined barking of a foxhound.

The utterance of a prolonged cry by a deer or hunting dog; baying.

Brawling or angry noise: spec. of fox-hounds. Also figurative of wind, waters, etc.

With reference to hounds: the raising of a cry. Cf. open, v. 16. Obsolete.

The action of tongue, v. in various senses (see the verb); spec. in playing the flute and other wind instruments: see quot. 1880.

transferred. A sound resembling this; spec. (Scottish) a special humming sound made by the queen bee before swarming (see quots. 1747 1808).