Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A little bay.
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Examples
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Off this baylet are three rocky islets, disposed in a triangle, slabs collected by a broken reef, and collectively known as Zunga
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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There are two distinct bluffs, the westernmost marked by a tree-clump at its feet, and between them lies a baylet, where a dozen palms denote the once dreaded village Bemandika.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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On every baylet and roadstead stands the Casa Grande, a large empty bungalow, a factory in embryo awaiting the Avatar; but, instead of attracting their
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The northern baylet, preferred when southerly winds blow, is simply the embouchure of the Wady
The Land of Midian 2003
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The _Kate_ entered a baylet among the rocks, submerged, and lay on the sandy sea-bed.
The Literary World Seventh Reader Hetty Sibyl Browne 1907
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There was no use building here, without the defences: we turned along the beach by a narrow stretch of sand, and then past a rocky piece of shore which is quite impassable at every full tide and shuts off communication from the next baylet, above whose sandy shore a few huts stand.
Insulinde: Experiences of a Naturalist's Wife in the Eastern Archipelago 1887
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Off this baylet are three rocky islets, disposed in a triangle, slabs collected by a broken reef, and collectively known as Zunga
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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On every baylet and roadstead stands the Casa Grande, a large empty bungalow, a factory in embryo awaiting the Avatar; but, instead of attracting their
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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Itineraries also give Kabr el-Tawáshi, "the Eunuch's Tomb;" and this we still find near the palms at the head of the inner baylet.
The Land of Midian — Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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There are two distinct bluffs, the westernmost marked by a tree-clump at its feet, and between them lies a baylet, where a dozen palms denote the once dreaded village Bemandika.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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