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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laid \Laid\, imp. & p. p. of {Lay}. {Laid paper}, paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called blue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its color. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lay \Lay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid}; p. pr & vb n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS lecgan causative, fr licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down to be prostrate, or to lie against something to put or set down to deposit; as to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust. A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. --Dan. vi 17. Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. --Milton. 2. To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table. 3. To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan 4. To spread on a surface; as to lay plaster or paint. 5. To cause to be still to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit. After a tempest when the winds are laid. --Waller. 6. To cause to lie dead or dying. Brave C[ae]neus laid Ortygius on the plain, The victor C[ae]neus was by Turnus slain. --Dryden. 7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk. I dare lay mine honor He will remain so --Shak. 8. To bring forth and deposit; as to lay eggs. 9. To apply; to put She layeth her hands to the spindle. --Prov. xxxi. 19. 10. To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as to lay a tax on land. The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all --Is. Iiii. 6. 11. To impute; to charge; to allege. God layeth not folly to them --Job xxiv. 12. Lay the fault on us --Shak. 12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as to lay commands on one 13. To present or offer; as to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one 14. (Law) To state; to allege; as to lay the venue. --Bouvier. 15. (Mil.) To point; to aim as to lay a gun. 16. (Rope Making) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them as to lay a cable or rope. 17. (Print.) a To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. b To place (new type) properly in the cases. {To lay asleep}, to put sleep; to make unobservant or careless. --Bacon. {To lay bare}, to make bare; to strip. And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain. --Byron. {To lay before}, to present to to submit for consideration; as the papers are laid before Congress. {To lay by}. a To save. b To discard. Let brave spirits . . . not be laid by --Bacon. {To lay by the heels}, to put in the stocks. --Shak. {To lay down}. a To stake as a wager. b To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as to lay down one's life; to lay down one's arms. c To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle. {To lay forth}. a To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's self to expatiate. [Obs.] b To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize. {To lay hands on one's self}, or {To lay violent hands on one's self}, to injure one's self specif., to commit suicide. {To lay heads together}, to consult. {To lay hold of}, or {To lay hold on}, to seize; to catch. {To lay in}, to store; to provide. {To lay it on}, to apply without stint. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: laid adj : set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: {set}]
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