Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) 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..

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Fasten :: Fasten (a.) To cause to take close effect; to make to tell; to lay on; as, to fasten a blow..
Delamination :: Delamination (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Entoblast :: Entoblast (n.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.
Tenpins :: Tenpins (n.) A game resembling ninepins, but played with ten pins. See Ninepins..
Slowh :: Slowh () imp. of Slee,to slay..
Hellenize :: Hellenize (v. i.) To use the Greek language; to play the Greek; to Grecize.
Coquet :: Coquet (v. i.) To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime..
Prince :: Prince (v. i.) To play the prince.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..
Bob-cherry :: Bob-cherry (n.) A play among children, in which a cherry, hung so as to bob against the mouth, is to be caught with the teeth..
Respite :: Respite (n.) A putting off of that which was appointed; a postponement or delay.
Fiddlestick :: Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow..
Dandle :: Dandle (v. t.) To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle.
Tambourine :: Tambourine (n.) A small drum, especially a shallow drum with only one skin, played on with the hand, and having bells at the sides; a timbrel..
Sklayre :: Sklayre (n.) A vell.
Oviposit :: Oviposit (v. i.) To lay or deposit eggs; -- said esp. of insects.
Fang :: Fang (a.) To catch; to seize, as with the teeth; to lay hold of; to gripe; to clutch..
Monotremata :: Monotremata (n. pl.) A subclass of Mammalia, having a cloaca in which the ducts of the urinary, genital, and alimentary systems terminate, as in birds. The female lays eggs like a bird. See Duck mole, under Duck, and Echidna..
Underlay :: Underlay (v. t.) To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2..
Alcoholate :: Alcoholate (n.) A crystallizable compound of a salt with alcohol, in which the latter plays a part analogous to that of water of crystallization..
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