Definition of Baiou
Bay"ou (&?;), n.; pl.
Bayous (&?;). [North Am. Indian bayuk, in F.
spelling bayouc, bayouque.] An inlet from the Gulf of
Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes
without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [Southern U.
S.]
A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly
northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses.
G. W. Cable.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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