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sagamite (iou) and bay(11) (iou)


sagamite (iou)



sagamite noun. M17.
[French, repr. Cree kisa:kamite:w lit. 'it is a hot liquid'.]
Gruel or porridge made from coarse hominy.

bay(11) (iou)



bay verb1. LME.
[Old French (a)baiier (mod. aboyer) = Italian (ab)baiare from an imit. base: infl. by BAY noun1.]
verb intrans. Esp. of a large dog: bark, howl. Freq. foll. by at. LME.
fig.: P. Gallico For twenty years they have been baying at your heels in Washington. B. Malamud The wind bayed at the window like starving wolves.
verb trans. Bark at, assail with barking. LME.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar I had rather be a dog and bay the moon Than such a Roman. fig.: Coleridge Superstition and her wolfish brood Bay his mild radiance.
verb trans. Utter by baying, shout. L16.
E. K. Kane These..servants..bayed their full-mouth welcome.
verb trans. Pursue with barking like a pack of hounds. L16.
Shakespeare 2 Henry IV The French and Welsh Baying him at the heels. C. Darwin The jaguar is killed by the aid of dogs baying and driving him up a tree.
verb trans. Bring to bay, hold at bay. L16.
Shakespeare Julius Caesar We are at the stake, And bay'd about with many enemies.