Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint..

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Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Impetration :: Impetration (n.) The obtaining of benefice from Rome by solicitation, which benefice belonged to the disposal of the king or other lay patron of the realm..
Lap :: Lap (n.) To lay together one over another, as fleeces or slivers for further working..
Discard :: Discard (v. t.) To throw out of one's hand, as superfluous cards; to lay aside (a card or cards)..
Check :: Check (n.) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move..
Loo :: Loo (n.) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo..
Clayey :: Clayey (a.) Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.
Questmonger :: Questmonger (n.) One who lays informations, and encourages petty lawsuits..
Flautist :: Flautist (n.) A player on the flute; a flutist.
Emblem :: Emblem (n.) Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
Demurrage :: Demurrage (n.) The allowance made to the master or owner of the ship for such delay or detention.
Wait :: Wait (v. i.) The act of waiting; a delay; a halt.
Argentation :: Argentation (n.) A coating or overlaying with silver.
Harp :: Harp (v. t.) To play on, as a harp; to play (a tune) on the harp; to develop or give expression to by skill and art; to sound forth as from a harp; to hit upon..
Estrepe :: Estrepe (v. t.) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste..
Playfellow :: Playfellow (n.) A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.
Interlaying :: Interlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interla.
Relay :: Relay (n.) In various forms of telegraphic apparatus, a magnet which receives the circuit current, and is caused by it to bring into into action the power of a local battery for performing the work of making the record; also, a similar device by which the current in one circuit is made to open or close another circuit in which a current is passing..
Tegmen :: Tegmen (n.) The inner layer of the coating of a seed, usually thin and delicate; the endopleura..
Plating :: Plating (n.) The art or process of covering anything with a plate or plates, or with metal, particularly of overlaying a base or dull metal with a thin plate of precious or bright metal, as by mechanical means or by electro-magnetic deposition..
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