bay vb. (1 in mod. use an echo of S.; 2 not pre-S.)
1.
to bark at
Cæs IV. iii. 27
“bay the moon.”
2.
to pursue with
barking, drive to bay
MND. IV. i. 119
“they bay'd the bear
With hounds of Sparta,”
2H4 I. iii. 80
“Baying him at the
heels.”
3.
to hold at bay (fig.)
Cæs. IV. i. 49
“bay'd about with many
enemies.”
