- present tense form of bay (3rd person singular).
bays
Example Sentences
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But the red cock crew too early, And the fays left hurriedly, And this is why in the morning Their petticoats there you see.
From The Triumph of Music And Other Lyrics by Cawein, Madison Julius
“Ah!” replied the apple-woman, “they all say that, and that they are fays, and that mortals call their history fable; they are always crying out for an alphabet without the fatal F.”
From Mopsa the Fairy by Ingelow, Jean
Inside, it was even more exquisite, for all her little subjects, the flower fairies and the woodland fays, had adorned it with many lovely things.
From The Magic Soap Bubble by Jones, E. I.
The blithe cuckoo and daisy mild, The daffodils, like elfin fays, The mystery of sunset haze O'er barren moors, his pen beguiled— His heart was pure.
From The Loom of Life by Noe, Cotton
In them side by side with the knights and squires and ladies move fays and giants and werewolves.
From Tales from the Old French by Various
