Emily Dickinson Lexicon

BAKE, v.t. [Sax. bacan; Sw. baka; Dan. bager; D. bakken; Ger. backen; Gipsy, pekgum; Russ. peku, to bake; pekar, a baker; Per. pochtan, to bake or cook.]

1. To heat, dry and harden, as in an oven or furnace, or under coals of fire; to dress and prepare for food, in a close place heated; as, to bake bread.
2. To dry and harden by heat, either in an oven, kiln or furnace, or by the solar rays; as, to bake bricks, to bake the ground.