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bay-wood

bay-wood is the alternative form of baywood.

Meaning of baywood

Noun

baywood (uncountable)

  1. The wood of the bay tree.
    • CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice...1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., volume II, page 183

Questions about bay-wood

What is bay-wood the alternative form of?
Bay-wood is the alternative form of baywood.

Words near bay-wood in the dictionary

  1. bay-beh
  2. bay-breasted warbler
  3. bay-hops
  4. bay-winged hawk
  5. bay-winged hawks
  6. bay-wood
  7. baya
  8. baya weaver
  9. Bayabas
  10. Bayabo
  11. bayadeer

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