Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan..

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Argilliferous :: Argilliferous (a.) Producing clay; -- applied to such earths as abound with argil.
Tunic :: Tunic (n.) A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye..
Cockal :: Cockal (n.) The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone.
Postpone :: Postpone (v. t.) To defer to a future or later time; to put off; also, to cause to be deferred or put off; to delay; to adjourn; as, to postpone the consideration of a bill to the following day, or indefinitely..
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..
Sideboard :: Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
Lacrosse :: Lacrosse (n.) A game of ball, originating among the North American Indians, now the popular field sport of Canada, and played also in England and the United States. Each player carries a long-handled racket, called a crosse. The ball is not handled but caught with the crosse and carried on it, or tossed from it, the object being to carry it or throw it through one of the goals placed at opposite ends of the field..
Decidua :: Decidua (n.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it..
Forelay :: Forelay (v. t.) To waylay. See Forlay.
Plank :: Plank (v. t.) To cover or lay with planks; as, to plank a floor or a ship..
Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..
Wagerer :: Wagerer (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet..
Battledoor :: Battledoor (n.) An instrument, with a handle and a flat part covered with parchment or crossed with catgut, used to strike a shuttlecock in play; also, the play of battledoor and shuttlecock..
Gamesome :: Gamesome (a.) Gay; sportive; playful; frolicsome; merry.
Jasponyx :: "Jasponyx (n.) An onyx, part or all of whose layers consist of jasper..
Depredate :: Depredate (v. t.) To subject to plunder and pillage; to despoil; to lay waste; to prey upon.
Propose :: Propose (v. i.) To form or declare a purpose or intention; to lay a scheme; to design; as, man proposes, but God disposes..
Cast :: Cast (v. t.) To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part..
Regal :: Regal (n.) A small portable organ, played with one hand, the bellows being worked with the other, -- used in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries..
Accidental :: Accidental (a.) Nonessential; not necessary belonging; incidental; as, are accidental to a play..
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