Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one..

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Fiddle :: Fiddle (v. t.) To play (a tune) on a fiddle.
Troop :: Troop (n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
Rap :: Rap (n.) A lay or skein containing 120 yards of yarn.
Block :: Block (v. t.) A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc..
Shortstop :: Shortstop (n.) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
Impropriator :: Impropriator (n.) One who impropriates; specifically, a layman in possession of church property..
Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Display :: Display (n.) An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation.
Earthenware :: Earthenware (n.) Vessels and other utensils, ornaments, or the like, made of baked clay. See Crockery, Pottery, Stoneware, and Porcelain..
Do :: Do (v. t. / auxiliary) To put or bring into a form, state, or condition, especially in the phrases, to do death, to put to death; to slay; to do away (often do away with), to put away; to remove; to do on, to put on; to don; to do off, to take off, as dress; to doff; to do into, to put into the form of; to translate or transform into, as a text..
Set :: Set (n.) A series of as many games as may be necessary to enable one side to win six. If at the end of the tenth game the score is a tie, the set is usually called a deuce set, and decided by an application of the rules for playing off deuce in a game. See Deuce..
Poker :: Poker (n.) A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about 1835 in the Southwestern United States..
Sodality :: Sodality (n.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes..
Earth :: Earth (n.) The softer inorganic matter composing part of the surface of the globe, in distinction from the firm rock; soil of all kinds, including gravel, clay, loam, and the like; sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth..
Till :: Till (n.) A deposit of clay, sand, and gravel, without lamination, formed in a glacier valley by means of the waters derived from the melting glaciers; -- sometimes applied to alluvium of an upper river terrace, when not laminated, and appearing as if formed in the same manner..
Ambush :: Ambush (v. t.) To attack by ambush; to waylay.
Wagerer :: Wagerer (n.) One who wagers, or lays a bet..
Mall :: Mall (n.) An old game played with malls or mallets and balls. See Pall-mall.
Tyrant :: Tyrant (v. i.) To act like a tyrant; to play the tyrant; to tyrannical.
Act :: Act (v. t.) To assume the office or character of; to play; to personate; as, to act the hero..
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