Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan..

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Lusory :: Lusory (a.) Used in play; sportive; playful.
Sodality :: Sodality (n.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes..
Droll :: Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
Humstrum :: Humstrum (n.) An instrument out of tune or rudely constructed; music badly played.
King :: King (n.) A playing card having the picture of a king; as, the king of diamonds..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball..
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Claytonia :: Claytonia (n.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.
Break :: Break (v. t.) To lay open as by breaking; to divide; as, to break a package of goods..
Crowder :: Crowder (n.) One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
Belay :: Belay (v. t.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel..
Grace :: Grace (n.) A play designed to promote or display grace of motion. It consists in throwing a small hoop from one player to another, by means of two sticks in the hands of each. Called also grace hoop or hoops..
Player :: Player (n.) A dramatic actor.
Understratum :: Understratum (n.) The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil..
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..
Dump :: Dump (n.) A thick, ill-shapen piece; a clumsy leaden counter used by boys in playing chuck farthing..
Promenade :: Promenade (v. i.) To walk for pleasure, display, or exercise..
Lay :: Lay (n.) An obligation; a vow.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
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