embay

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Verb

embay (embays, present participle embaying; past and past participle embayed)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To bathe; to steep.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queen, III.11:

     Sweete Love, that doth his golden wings embay / In blessed Nectar and pure Pleasures well […].

   • 1600, Edward Fairfax, Jerusalem Delivered of Torquato Tasso, XII, lxii:

     Their swords both points and edges sharp embay / In purple blood whereso they hit or light.

Verb

embay (embays, present participle embaying; past and past participle embayed)

1. (transitive) To shut in, enclose, shelter or trap, such as ships in a bay.

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