What's the difference between bay and loch?

Bay


Definition:

  • (a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.
  • (n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.
  • (n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.
  • (n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.
  • (n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.
  • (n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.
  • (n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.
  • (n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.
  • (n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.
  • (n.) A tract covered with bay trees.
  • (v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.
  • (v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.
  • (v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.
  • (v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.
  • (v. t.) To bathe.
  • (n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.
  • (v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The effects of low doses of dihydropyridine (DHP) calcium channel antagonists nimodipine, nifedipine, (-)-R-202-791, and amlodipine, the DHP calcium channel agonist BAY K 8644 were investigated on clonic convulsions to pentylenetetrazole (PTZ) in mice.
  • (2) The biphasic response to (-)-(S)-Bay K 8644 and (+)-(S)-202-791 suggests that the properties of Ca++ channel activation and antagonism may reside within a single 1,4-dihydropyridine molecule.
  • (3) The Ca2+ agonist Bay K 8644 (1 microM) potentiated the effects of elevated K+ on both ChAT and TOH.
  • (4) BAY 19139, 1-(4-chlorophenoxy)-1-(1-imidazolyl)-3,3-dimethyl-2-butanol is a new imidazolyl derivative of antifungal agent.
  • (5) The effects of the dihydropyridine calcium channel agonist Bay K 8644 on indo-1-loaded Jurkat human leukemia T lymphocytes was assessed by flow cytometry.
  • (6) While visitors amble freely around the newly refurbished inside – the Pierhead is sure and steadfast in its role outside as the drastic red building, emblazoning the landscape of Cardiff Bay in all its regal beauty.
  • (7) These mutants have been used to test for the presence of their required metabolites in natural seawater samples from the Gulf of Mexico and adjacent bays.
  • (8) Now remarried, and a father, he is standing for Plaid Cymru, again in the Cardiff Bay seat.
  • (9) The administration is also attacked for endangering America with its proposals to dismantle the prison at Guantánamo Bay.
  • (10) These observations are consistent with the high sensitivity of the newborn mouse lung towards the tumorigenic effects of bay region diolepoxides.
  • (11) At doses of 1, 5 and 10 mg kg-1 Bay K 8644 antagonized the anaesthetic effects of pentobarbitone.
  • (12) We knew how good they were at keeping the ball and moving it around and we knew we would have to work hard to keep them at bay.
  • (13) San Francisco Tenderloin map They could potentially gentrify this gritty, 50-block swath of downtown into condos, lofts, hipster bars, organic cafes and yoga studios, as has happened in other parts of San Francisco and the Bay area.
  • (14) When tested on rat atrium, SNP by itself had no effect on basal inotropy or the increase in inotropy induced by (-)-S-BAY K 8644.
  • (15) Subjects were 862 nonsmoking coronary patients in the San Francisco Bay Area, randomized in 1978 to receive, over 4.5 years, cardiac counseling or cardiac counseling plus type A behavioral counseling.
  • (16) And so, through Trove’s archived newspapers, I’ve found Harry – the mission boy who saw the Japanese at Caledon Bay imprison women, girls and old men in the trepang smokehouse, before raping the women in the bush.
  • (17) AHH-active PCB congeners (intrinsic effects) and PCBs in general (extrinsic effects) appeared to be the only contaminants at the concentrations measured in eggs, capable of producing the effects that were observed at Green Bay.
  • (18) Every time we have a negotiation, the bidding process (for the project) slows and postpones things.” Water quality has become a hot-button issue as the Olympics draw closer with little sign of progress in cleaning up the fetid bay, as well as the lagoon system in western Rio that hugs the sites of the Olympic park, the very heart of the games.
  • (19) Alternans of both action potential shape and APD was suppressed by nisoldipine (2 X 10(-6) M) and attenuated by Bay K 8644 (3 X 10(-8) M).
  • (20) The last American soldier held captive by the Afghan Taliban has been released, after the US government agreed to free five Afghan detainees from the Guantánamo Bay prison in Cuba to the custody of the Qatari government, US officials said.

Loch


Definition:

  • (n.) A lake; a bay or arm of the sea.
  • (n.) A kind of medicine to be taken by licking with the tongue; a lambative; a lincture.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The Campbell family has been breeding ponies in Glenshiel for more than 100 years and now runs a small pony trekking centre offering one-hour treks along the pebbly shores of Loch Duich and through the Ratagan forest as well as all-day trail rides up into the hills for the more adventurous.
  • (2) I certainly wouldn't have been able to tell you the difference between palaeontologists searching for ancient bones, and the search for the Loch Ness Monster.
  • (3) Grampian police joined forces with Tayside police and Marr search and rescue to comb a large area from Loch Muick to Glen Clova in the national park.
  • (4) From here the view is breathtaking; looking down on Loch Coruisk and tiny sandy beaches below all ringed by the looming jagged peaks of the Cuillin.
  • (5) At one stage, more than 60 train passengers were stranded on the West Highland line after it was closed down near Crianlarich, north of Loch Lomond.
  • (6) The next time Tobin bumped into Issing, he said cheerfully: "Here I am, the Loch Ness monster still!"
  • (7) At their furthest edges, the lochs' peaty brown water laps against fields and hills that form a natural amphitheatre; a landscape peppered with giant rings of stone, chambered cairns, ancient villages and other archaeological riches.
  • (8) Some wintry precipitation is expected for most areas too, mostly in the form of scattered showers, leading to lying snow and icy stretches.” The coldest temperature of -11.2C was measured at Loch Glascarnoch, in Scotland, beating the previous record low this winter of -9C, set on 27 December in Cromdale, Moray.
  • (9) This path was built to link the tiny fishing settlements along the edge of the loch and allow the precious cargo of "silver darlings" to be carried ashore.
  • (10) Scotland’s powerful salmon fishery and farming lobbies have repeatedly resisted or criticised beaver reintroductions, including blocking a plan for a second official release scheme at Insh Marshes national nature reserve near Kingussie in the Cairngorms – only 35 miles north of Loch Rannoch.
  • (11) In a small number of areas, we found that after the merger the parties would operate pubs in close proximity without facing sufficient competition from rivals and we are concerned this could lead to a rise in the price of food or drink or a reduction in the quality of those pubs.” Greene King, which brews Old Speckled Hen and Abbott Ale and operates chains such as Hungry Horse and Loch Fyne, said it intended to offer concessions to meet CMA concerns.
  • (12) At least two centuries after the species was hunted to extinction in the UK, three beaver families have been released into three lochs in forest unpopulated by people near the Sound of Jura in Argyll.
  • (13) 4 Turn right on to a solid path, climb past St Margaret's loch and the ruin of St Anthony's chapel.
  • (14) The Lochranza hotel overlooks the castle and loch and has a vast selection of malt whiskeys.
  • (15) Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Loch Caoldair, Laggan, Western Cairngorms There are thousands of lochs in Scotland, and open access laws mean you can swim in virtually all of them.
  • (16) Though Scotland is a land of lochs, it's not known for its bathing.
  • (17) Whereas Campbell Toun Loch caters for the solitary, late-night drinker, Marugin attracts lively early-evening groups, eating, smoking and knocking back highballs.
  • (18) The first submarines of the US’s Polaris fleet arrived at their new base in the Holy Loch a few months later, and came and went in relays until the cold war was over, overlapping for a time with the Royal Navy’s missile submarines that had begun to sail from their headquarters at Faslane, a few miles across the Clyde in the Gare Loch.
  • (19) It also sets a great example – my three-year-old has now collected finisher’s medals at Ironkids and Loch Ness Marathon and loves being outside because that’s what mummy and daddy do.
  • (20) But think how fascinating the idea of a loch monster is.

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