Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) 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..

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Pipeclay :: Pipeclay (v. t.) To whiten or clean with pipe clay, as a soldier's accouterments..
Beguard :: Beguard (n.) One of an association of religious laymen living in imitation of the Beguines. They arose in the thirteenth century, were afterward subjected to much persecution, and were suppressed by Innocent X. in 1650. Called also Beguins..
Scale :: Scale (v. i.) To separate and come off in thin layers or laminae; as, some sandstone scales by exposure..
Main :: Main (n.) A stake played for at dice.
Stave :: Stave (n.) To delay by force or craft; to drive away; -- usually with off; as, to stave off the execution of a project..
Shelving :: Shelving (n.) The act of laying on a shelf, or on the shelf; putting off or aside; as, the shelving of a claim..
Layering :: Layering (n.) A propagating by layers.
Outlay :: Outlay (n.) An outlying haunt.
Splaymouth :: Splaymouths (pl. ) of Splaymout.
Hornet :: Hornet (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits..
Toyhouse :: Toyhouse (n.) A house for children to play in or to play with; a playhouse.
Ostentate :: Ostentate (v. t.) To make an ambitious display of; to show or exhibit boastingly.
Bowing :: Bowing (n.) The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments.
Display :: Display (v. t.) To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade.
Sanjak :: Sanjak (n.) A district or a subvision of a vilayet.
Exuviation :: Exuviation (n.) The rejecting or casting off of some part, more particularly, the outer cuticular layer, as the shells of crustaceans, skins of snakes, etc.; molting; ecdysis..
Cork :: Cork (n.) The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose..
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Coxcomb :: Coxcomb (n.) A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop..
Vagabondize :: Vagabondize (v. i.) To play the vagabond; to wander about in idleness.
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