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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Bole :: Bole (n.) Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba..
Invest :: Invest (v. t.) To lay out (money or capital) in business with the /iew of obtaining an income or profit; as, to invest money in bank stock..
Display :: Display (v. t.) To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest..
Pillow :: Pillow (v. t.) To rest or lay upon, or as upon, a pillow; to support; as, to pillow the head..
Tarsiatura :: Tarsiatura (n.) A kind of mosaic in woodwork, much employed in Italy in the fifteenth century and later, in which scrolls and arabesques, and sometimes architectural scenes, landscapes, fruits, flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood..
Sampler :: Sampler (n.) A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker..
Laying :: Laying (n.) The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
Leader :: Leader (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins..
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Lay, as opposed to clerical..
Lamina :: Lamina (n.) A thin plate or scale; a layer or coat lying over another; -- said of thin plates or platelike substances, as of bone or minerals..
Imbed :: Imbed (v. t.) To sink or lay, as in a bed; to deposit in a partly inclosing mass, as of clay or mortar; to cover, as with earth, sand, etc..
Unmask :: Unmask (v. t.) To strip of a mask or disguise; to lay open; to expose.
Secular :: Secular (a.) Belonging to the laity; lay; not clerical.
Endocyst :: Endocyst (n.) The inner layer of the cells of Bryozoa.
Save :: Save (a.) To keep from being spent or lost; to secure from waste or expenditure; to lay up; to reserve.
Boast :: Boast (v. t.) To display vaingloriously.
Knicker :: Knicker (n.) A small ball of clay, baked hard and oiled, used as a marble by boys in playing..
Coral :: Coral (n.) A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything..
Take :: Take (v. t.) In an active sense; To lay hold of; to seize with the hands, or otherwise; to grasp; to get into one's hold or possession; to procure; to seize and carry away; to convey..
Troop :: Troop (n.) A company of stageplayers; a troupe.
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