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laying |
3 definitions found 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laying \Lay"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who or that which lays. 2. The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch. 3. The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: laying n : the production of eggs (especially in birds) [syn: {egg laying}]
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