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BAY , a homonymous See also: term of which the See also:principal branches are as follows. (I) The name of the sweet See also: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. baca, See also:berry, the bay bearing a heavy See also:crop of dark See also:purple berries. The leaves of the bay were See also:woven in garlands to See also:crown poets, and hence the word is often used figuratively in the sense of fame and See also:reward. (2) A wide opening or indentation in a See also:coast See also: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 name Baiae. (3) The name of a See also: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 bay, See also:bright bay, &c. This word is derived from the Latin See also:badius, which is given by See also:Varro (in Nonnius, pp. 8o-82) as one of the See also:colours of horses. The word is also seen in See also:baize (q.v.). (4) The deep bark of See also:dogs. This word is also seen in the expression " at bay," properly of a hunted See also: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 are, properly to gape, open wide the mouth. (5) An architectural term (Fr. travee, Ital. compartimento, Ger. Abteilung) for any See also:division or compartment of an See also:arcade, roof, &c. Each space from See also:pillar to pillar in a See also: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 is called a " bay " or " See also:severy." This word is also to be referred to bayer; to gape.
A " bay-window " or " See also:bow-window " is a window projecting outwards and forming a See also:recess in the apartment. Bay-windows may be rectangular, polygonal or semicircular in See also:plan, in the last See also:case being better known as bow-windows. The bay-window would seem to have been introduced in the 15th See also:century, but the earliest examples of importance are those which were built during the reign of See also: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 and in the feudal castles of the See also:period. Examples are found in the See also:palace at Eltham, Cowdray See also:Castle in See also:Sussex, Thornbury Castle in See also:Gloucestershire, and in the See also:George See also:Inn at See also: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 See also:Court, some 5o ft. high. In the See also:great entrance halls of See also:ancient mansions the See also: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 of the See also:manor and his guests, and was known as the See also: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 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, 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 to the design. The same feature when employed in an upper See also:storey and supported by corbels or brackets is known as an See also:oriel window.
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