Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions..

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.

Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

Allayed :: Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Alla.

Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..

Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.

Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lay on or cover; to adorn.

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..

Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct.

Belayed :: Belayed () of Bela.

Belaying :: Belaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bela.

Belaying Pin :: Belaying pin () A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed..

Blay :: Blay (a.) A fish. See Bleak, n..

Bricklayer :: Bricklayer (n.) One whose occupation is to build with bricks.

Bricklaying :: Bricklaying (n.) The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks..

Byplay :: Byplay (n.) Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds..

Clay :: Clay (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities..

Clay :: Clay (n.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles..

Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To cover or manure with clay.

Clay :: Clay (v. t.) To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar..

Clay-brained :: Clay-brained (a.) Stupid.

Clayed :: Clayed (imp. & p. p.) of Cla.

Clayes :: Clayes (n. pl.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments..

Clayey :: Clayey (a.) Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

Claying :: Claying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cla.

Clayish :: Clayish (a.) Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it..

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