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Bay
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BAY. Is an enclosure to keep in the water for the supply of a mill or other contrivance, so that the water may be able to, drive the wheels of such mill. Stat. 27 Eliz. c. 19.
     2. A large open water or harbor where ships may ride, is also called a bay; as, the Chesapeake Bay, the, Bay of New York.



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Police dogs were held at bay, their handlers reluctant to send them into the attic for fear they would fall through the false ceiling, Norian said.
With only a single narrow doorway in the far corner of living space, one at the end of the lower block and one to one side of the main bedroom, nature is held at bay and provides a backdrop.
He held at bay two greedy foreign imperialist powers, Russia and China; he oversaw the settlement of an almost empty land; and he helped to lay the foundations of Manchuria's industrial economy.
 
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