bays (ba)

[Short for bay - antler.] The bay antler or bez-antler of a stag. bay (ba), v. t. [E. dial., II. trans. 1. To bark at; beset with deep Eng.] prolonged barking. I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon, Than such a Roman. Shak., J. C., iv. 3. 2. To expre by barking. 'Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark Bay deep-mouthed welcome as we draw near home. Byron, Don Juan, i. 123,