Careful Words

bay (n.)

bay (v.)

bay (adj.)

Loud roared the dreadful thunder,

The rain a deluge showers.

Andrew Cherry (1762-1812): The Bay of Biscay.

I had rather be a dog, and bay the moon,

Than such a Roman.

William Shakespeare (1564-1616): Julius Caesar. Act iv. Sc. 3.

  Spreading himself like a green bay-tree.

Old Testament: Psalm xxxvii. 35.