3. To harden by cold.

The earth . . . is baked with frost.

Shak.

They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone.

Spenser.

Bake, v. i. 1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak.

2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun.

Bake, n. The process, or result, of baking.

Bake"house` (-hous`), n. [AS. bæchs. See Bake, v. t., and House.] A house for baking; a bakery.

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{ Bake"meat` (bk"mt`), Baked"-meat` (bkt"-), } n. A pie; baked food. [Obs.] Gen. xl. 17. Shak.

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