Definition of lay

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

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Slip :: Slip (n.) Potter's clay in a very liquid state, used for the decoration of ceramic ware, and also as a cement for handles and other applied parts..
Gravelling :: Gravelling (n.) A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.)..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Waylaying :: Waylaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wayla.
Demur :: Demur (v. i.) To delay; to pause; to suspend proceedings or judgment in view of a doubt or difficulty; to hesitate; to put off the determination or conclusion of an affair.
Play :: Play (v. t.) To perform, as a piece of music, on an instrument; as, to play a waltz on the violin..
Varlet :: Varlet (n.) In a pack of playing cards, the court card now called the knave, or jack..
Gault :: Gault (n.) A series of beds of clay and marl in the South of England, between the upper and lower greensand of the Cretaceous period..
Argentation :: Argentation (n.) A coating or overlaying with silver.
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Stratigraphic :: Stratify (v. t.) To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata..
Lute :: Lute (n.) A cement of clay or other tenacious infusible substance for sealing joints in apparatus, or the mouths of vessels or tubes, or for coating the bodies of retorts, etc., when exposed to heat; -- called also luting..
Finger :: Finger (n.) Skill in the use of the fingers, as in playing upon a musical instrument..
Pigeonhole :: Pigeonhole (v. t.) To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely; as, to pigeonhole a letter or a report..
Indurate :: Indurate (v. i.) To grow hard; to harden, or become hard; as, clay indurates by drying, and by heat..
Mesoblastic :: Mesoblastic (a.) Relating to the mesoblast; as, the mesoblastic layer..
Fettling :: Fettling (n.) The operation of shaving or smoothing the surface of undried clay ware.
Actor :: Actor (n.) A theatrical performer; a stageplayer.
Parade :: Parade (v. t.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled..
Court-cupboard :: Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions..
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