Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) 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..

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Pulsatile :: Pulsatile (a.) Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) A wager.
Entoblast :: Entoblast (n.) The inner germ layer; endoderm. See Nucleolus.
Stephanotis :: Stephanotis (n.) A genus of climbing asclepiadaceous shrubs, of Madagascar, Malaya, etc. They have fleshy or coriaceous opposite leaves, and large white waxy flowers in cymes..
Displayed :: Displayed (a.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye..
Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one..
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..
Underplot :: Underplot (n.) A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it..
Actress :: Actress (n.) A female stageplayer; a woman who acts a part.
Antitrochanter :: Antitrochanter (n.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.
Finesse :: Finesse (v. i.) To attempt, when second or third player, to make a lower card answer the purpose of a higher, when an intermediate card is out, risking the chance of its being held by the opponent yet to play..
Desolater :: Desolater (n.) One who, or that which, desolates or lays waste..
Go :: Go (n.) That condition in the course of the game when a player can not lay down a card which will not carry the aggregate count above thirty-one.
Erogate :: Erogate (v. t.) To lay out, as money; to deal out; to expend..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) The act of throwing a ball too high, as over a player's head..
Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
Adoration :: Adoration (n.) The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
Lithomarge :: Lithomarge (n.) A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile..
Diploblastic :: Diploblastic (a.) Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
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