BAY  , a homonymous See also:

• TERM

term of which the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal branches are as follows . (I) The name of the sweet See also:

• LAUREL

laurel (Laurus nobilis) or bay See also:

• TREE (0. Eng. treo, treow, cf. Dan. tree, Swed. Odd, tree, trd, timber; allied forms are found in Russ. drevo, Gr. opus, oak, and 36pv, spear, Welsh derw, Irish darog, oak, and Skr. dare, wood)
• TREE, SIR HERBERT BEERBOHM (1853- )

tree (see LAUREL); this word is derived through the 0 . Fr. baie, from See also:

• LAT

Lat. baca, See also:

• BERRY, CHARLES ALBERT (1852-1899)
• BERRY, CHARLES FERDINAND
• BERRY, JOHN, DUKE OF (1340-1416)
• BERRY, or BERRI

berry, the bay bearing a heavy See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop of dark See also:

• PURPLE

purple berries . The leaves of the bay were See also:

• WOVEN

woven in garlands to See also:

• CROWN

crown poets, and hence the word is often used figuratively in the sense of fame and See also:

• REWARD

reward . (2) A wide opening or indentation in a See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast See also:

• LINE

line . This may be of the same origin as " bay," in the architectural sense, or from a Latin word which is seen in the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place name Baiae . (3) The name of a See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, of a reddish See also:

• BROWN
• BROWN, CHARLES BROCKDEN (1771-181o)
• BROWN, FORD MADOX (1821-1893)
• BROWN, FRANCIS (1849- )
• BROWN, GEORGE (1818-188o)
• BROWN, HENRY KIRKE (1814-1886)
• BROWN, JACOB (1775–1828)
• BROWN, JOHN (1715–1766)
• BROWN, JOHN (1722-1787)
• BROWN, JOHN (1735–1788)
• BROWN, JOHN (1784–1858)
• BROWN, JOHN (1800-1859)
• BROWN, JOHN (1810—1882)
• BROWN, JOHN GEORGE (1831— )
• BROWN, ROBERT (1773-1858)
• BROWN, SAMUEL MORISON (1817—1856)
• BROWN, SIR GEORGE (1790-1865)
• BROWN, SIR JOHN (1816-1896)
• BROWN, SIR WILLIAM, BART
• BROWN, THOMAS (1663-1704)
• BROWN, THOMAS (1778-1820)
• BROWN, THOMAS EDWARD (1830-1897)
• BROWN, WILLIAM LAURENCE (1755–1830)

brown, principally used of the colour in horses; there are various shades, See also:

• LIGHT

light bay, See also:

• BRIGHT, JOHN (1811-188g)
• BRIGHT, SIR CHARLES TILSTON

bright bay, &c . This word is derived from the Latin See also:

• BADIUS, JODOCUS

badius, which is given by See also:

• VARRO, MARCUS TERENTIUS (116—27 B.C.)
• VARRO, PUBLIUS TERENTIUS

Varro (in Nonnius, pp . 8o-82) as one of the See also:

• COLOURS, MILITARY

colours of horses . The word is also seen in See also:

• BAIZE (16th century Fr. baies, cf. English " bay ")

baize (q.v.) . (4) The deep bark of See also:

• DOGS, ISLE OF

dogs . This word is also seen in the expression " at bay," properly of a hunted See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal who at the last turns on the " baying " hounds and defends itself .

The origin of the word is the O.Fr. bayer, abayer, Lat. See also:

• BAD, BCD

bad are, properly to gape, open wide the mouth . (5) An architectural term (Fr. travee, Ital. compartimento, Ger . Abteilung) for any See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division or compartment of an See also:

• ARCADE

arcade, roof, &c . Each space from See also:

• PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

pillar to pillar in a See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church or other See also:

• BUILDING

building is called a " bay " or " See also:

• SEVERY (probably connected with the English word" sever ")

severy." This word is also to be referred to bayer; to gape . A " bay-window " or " See also:

• BOW (pronounced " bo ")

bow-window " is a window projecting outwards and forming a See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess in the apartment . Bay-windows may be rectangular, polygonal or semicircular in See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan, in the last See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case being better known as bow-windows . The bay-window would seem to have been introduced in the 15th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, but the earliest examples of importance are those which were built during the reign of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward IV . (1461-1483),when it was largely employed in the colleges of See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford and See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge and in the feudal castles of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Examples are found in the See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace at Eltham, Cowdray See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle in See also:

• SUSSEX
• SUSSEX, EARLS OF
• SUSSEX, KINGDOM OF (SO Seaxe, i.e. the South Saxons)
• SUSSEX, THOMAS RADCLYFFE [or RATCLYFFE], 3RD EARL OF (c. 1525-1583)

Sussex, Thornbury Castle in See also:

• GLOUCESTERSHIRE

Gloucestershire, and in the See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• INN

Inn at See also:

• GLASTONBURY

Glastonbury; one of the finest of a later date is that of the Banqueting See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

Hall at See also:

• HAMPTON
• HAMPTON, WADE (1818-1902)

Hampton See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, some 5o ft. high . In the See also:

• GREAT

great entrance halls of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient mansions the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor of the last bay of the hall was generally raised two or three steps, and this portion was reserved for the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the See also:

• MANOR

manor and his guests, and was known as the See also:

• DAIS (Fr. dais, estrade, Ital. predella)

dais . The usual position of the bay-window is at one end of this dais, and occasionally but rarely at both ends . The sills of the windows are at a See also:

• LOWER

lower level than those in the hall, and, raised on one or two steps, are seats in the recess .

The recess of the bay-window was generally covered with a ribbed vault of elaborate See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design, and the window itself subdivided by mullions and transoms . In some of the larger windows such as those at Cowdray and Hampton Court there are no fewer than five transoms, and this sub-division gave great See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale to the design . The same feature when employed in an upper See also:

• STOREY (equivalents are Fr. etage, Ital. piano, Ger. Stock)

storey and supported by corbels or brackets is known as an See also:

• ORIEL
• ORIEL, JOHN FOSTER, BARON (1740-1828)

oriel window .