† bebayv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To bay about, embay, hem in, surround.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclosing or confining > enclose or confine [verb (transitive)]
pena1200
bebar?c1225
loukc1275
beshuta1300
parc1300
to shut in1398
to close inc1400
parrockc1400
pinc1400
steekc1400
lock?a1425
includec1425
key?a1439
spare?c1450
enferme1481
terminea1500
bebay1511
imprisona1533
besetc1534
hema1552
ram1567
warda1586
closet1589
pound1589
seclude1598
confine1600
i-pend1600
uptie1600
pinfold1605
boundify1606
incoop1608
to round in1609
ring1613
to buckle ina1616
embounda1616
swathe1624
hain1636
coopa1660
to sheathe up1661
stivea1722
cloister1723
span1844
1511 Pylgrymage Richarde Guylforde (Pynson) f. xlvv We were so be bayed that we had no remedy but truste to oure ancre holde.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 50 Uoyded of al coast sight with wild fluds roundlye bebayed.
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