Layer \Lay"er\, n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.]
1. One who, or that which, lays.
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2. [Prob. a corruption of lair.]
That which is laid; a
stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over
another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a
layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
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3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock,
laid under ground for growth or propagation.
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4. An artificial oyster bed.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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28 Moby Thesaurus words for "layer":
Appleton layer, F layer, Heaviside-Kennelly layer, Van Allen belt,
arrange in layers, belt, bookie, chemosphere, delaminate,
desquamate, exfoliate, flake, ionosphere, isothermal region,
laminate, lay down, lay up, lower atmosphere, outer atmosphere,
photosphere, scale, stratify, stratosphere, stratum,
substratosphere, tropopause, troposphere, upper atmosphere
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Layer \Lay"er\, n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.]
1. One who, or that which, lays.
2. [Prob. a corruption of lair.]
That which is laid; a
stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over
another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a
layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock,
laid under ground for growth or propagation.
4. An artificial oyster bed.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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