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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Player :: Player (n.) A dramatic actor.
Explicative :: Explicative (a.) Serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory.
Rubber :: Rubber (n.) In some games, as whist, the odd game, as the third or the fifth, when there is a tie between the players; as, to play the rubber; also, a contest determined by the winning of two out of three games; as, to play a rubber of whist..
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
Write :: Write (v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose..
Ready :: Ready (adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
Sound :: Sound (v. t.) To causse to make a noise; to play on; as, to sound a trumpet or a horn..
Philander :: Philander (v. i.) To make love to women; to play the male flirt.
Diazeutic :: Diazeutic (a.) Disjoining two fourths; as, the diazeutic tone, which, like that from F to G in modern music, lay between two fourths, and, being joined to either, made a fifth..
Tabor :: Tabor (n.) A small drum used as an accompaniment to a pipe or fife, both being played by the same person..
Underlay :: Underlay (v. t.) To lay beneath; to put under.
Gutta-percha :: Gutta-percha (n.) A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material..
Lay :: Lay (v. i.) To produce and deposit eggs.
Harry :: Harry (v. i.) To make a predatory incursion; to plunder or lay waste.
Capot :: Capot (v. t.) To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet..
Incrust :: Incrust (v. t.) To inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object..
Twiddle :: Twiddle (v. t.) To touch lightly, or play with; to tweedle; to twirl; as, to twiddle one's thumbs; to twiddle a watch key..
Claymore :: Claymore (n.) A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.
Able :: Able (superl.) Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed of qualifications rendering competent for some end; competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman, soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain; able to play on a piano..
Moral :: Moral (n.) A morality play. See Morality, 5..
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