Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..

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Carillon :: Carillon (n.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys..
Dummy :: Dummy (n.) The fourth or exposed hand when three persons play at a four-handed game of cards.
Playful :: Playful (a.) Sportive; gamboling; frolicsome; indulging a sportive fancy; humorous; merry; as, a playful child; a playful writer..
Pipeclay :: Pipeclay (v. t.) To clear off; as, to pipeclay accounts..
Mat :: Mat (v. t.) To cover or lay with mats.
Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical..
Laying :: Laying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of La.
Stratigraphic :: Stratify (v. t.) To form or deposit in strata, or layers, as substances in the earth; to arrange in strata..
Exit :: Exit (n.) The departure of a player from the stage, when he has performed his part..
Argillous :: Argillous (a.) Argillaceous; clayey.
Cue :: Cue (n.) A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.
Cue :: Cue (n.) The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play..
Hector :: Hector (v. i.) To play the bully; to bluster; to be turbulent or insolent.
Act :: Act (n.) A performance of part of a play; one of the principal divisions of a play or dramatic work in which a certain definite part of the action is completed.
Craft :: Craft (v. t.) To play tricks; to practice artifice.
Concerto :: Concerto (n.) A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill..
Checkerboard :: Checkerboard (n.) A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts..
Scrape :: Scrape (v. i.) To play awkwardly and inharmoniously on a violin or like instrument.
Unstratified :: Unstratified (a.) Not stratified; -- applied to massive rocks, as granite, porphyry, etc., and also to deposits of loose material, as the glacial till, which occur in masses without layers or strata..
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