embay

English

Etymology 1

From em- +‎ bay (“bathe”).

Verb

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 Tasso, XII, lxii:

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

Etymology 2

From em- +‎ bay.

Alternative forms

• imbay

Verb

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

References

• “embay”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Mabey, abyme, beamy, maybe