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not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"

not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

lay eggs; of female animals; "This hen doesn't lay"

prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

of Lie, to recline.

Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.

The laity; the common people.

A meadow. See Lea.

Faith; creed; religious profession.

A law.

An obligation; a vow.

A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

A melody; any musical utterance.

To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.

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.

To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

To cause to lie dead or dying.

To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

To apply; to put.

To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

To impute; to charge; to allege.

To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.

To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

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.

To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

To place (new type) properly in the cases.

To produce and deposit eggs.

To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.

To lay a wager; to bet.

That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.

A wager.

A job, price, or profit.

A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.

A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.

A plan; a scheme.

of Lie, to recline.

Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.

The laity; the common people.

A meadow. See Lea.

Faith; creed; religious profession.

A law.

An obligation; a vow.

A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

A melody; any musical utterance.

To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.

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.

To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

To cause to lie dead or dying.

To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

To apply; to put.

To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

To impute; to charge; to allege.

To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.

To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

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.

To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

To place (new type) properly in the cases.

To produce and deposit eggs.

To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.

To lay a wager; to bet.

That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.

A wager.

A job, price, or profit.

A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.

A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.

A plan; a scheme.

of Lie

A law.

To place; deposit; impose; attribute or ascribe; impute; present.

To make ready, as a table for a meal.

To drop eggs, as fowls.

Imp. of LIE, v.

Laic.

The manner in which something lies or is placed; a line of work; a layer; a bet.

A song; ballad.

To lay a wager; to bet.

Pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; not clerical; unprofessional.

That which is laid; a layer; the direction in which the strands of a rope are twisted; share of profit.

A meadow; a lea.

A narrative poem.

To put or place; to beat down; to settle, as dust; to place in order; to spread on a surface; to calm; to appease; to spread and set in order; to wager; to bring forth; to impose; to charge; to enjoin; to present; to set; to contrive; to prefer. To lay a cable, to twiat or unite the strands. To lay apart, to put away. To lay aside, to put off or away; to discontinue. To lay away, to put aside for preservation. To lay before, to exhibit. To lay by, to reserve for future use. To lay down, to deposit; to resign; to relinquish; to offer or advance. To lay one's self down, to commit to repose. To lay hold of, to seize; to catch. To lay in, to store; to treasure. To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict. To lay open, to make bare; to uncovor. To lay over, to spread over; to incrust. To lay out, to expend; to plan; to dispose in order; to dress in grave-clothes, and place in a decent posture. To lay to, to charge upon; to impute; to apply with vigour; to check the motion of a ship. To lay together, to collect; to bring to one place. To lay to heart, to permit to affect greatly. To lay under, to subject to. To lay up, to store; to board; to confine to bed; to dismantle and place in dock. To lay siege, to besiege. To lay the course, to sail toward the port intended without tacking. To lay waste, to destroy; to desolate. To lay the land, to cause the land to appear to sink, by sailing from it.

To bring forth or produce eggs; to contrive; to wager. To lay about, to strike or throw the arms on all sides; to act with vigour. To lay at, to strike, or endeavour to strike. To lay in for, to make overtures for; to engage or secure the possession of. To lay on, to strike; to beat; to deal blows with vehemence; to act with vehemence. To lay out, to purpose; to intend; to take measures.

Past tense of the intransitive verb lie.

To put or place; spread over; cause to lie; settle; calm; bring forth and drop, as an egg; wager; deposit; set or form secretly; as, to lay a trap or plot; impose, as a burden; as, to lay a task on someone.

To produce eggs.

A simple song or poem.

Laid.

Laying.

Pa. t. of LIE, to lay one's self down.

To cause to lie down: to place or set down: to beat down: to spread on a surface: to calm: to appease: to wager: to bring forth: to impose: to charge: to present.

To produce eggs:-pr.p. laying; pa.t. and pa.p. laid.

A song: a lyric or narrative poem.

To place, or cause, to lie down; to calm; wager; produce eggs.

Of the verb lie, often confounded with the verb lay; it is improper, for example, to say, "He lays in bed too long;" it should be, "He lies in bed too long;" see lie.

To put or place; to extend, as on the ground; to still; to keep from rising; to impute; to wager; to fix deep; to produce, as eggs; among seamen, to take a position; to come or go, as to lay forward.

That which lies or is laid; a stratum; a layer.

Not-clerical; pert. to the people as distinguished from the clergy.

A song; a poem in a simple style; a metrical tale.

The old spelling of lea, which see.

Land under grass; grass or meadow-land.

Did lie.

n. [German] A row; a stratum; a layer;— a wager; a bet;— a venture; an undertaking.

n. [Anglo-Saxon] A song;— a species of narrative poetry among the ancient minstrels.

n. A swinging frame in a loom, by which the weft-threads are laid parallel to each other against the cloth previously woven.