Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope..

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Trullization :: Trullization (n.) The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue..
Swordplayer :: Swordplay (n.) Fencing; a sword fight.
Flag :: Flag (n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones..
Attach :: Attach (v. t.) To take, seize, or lay hold of..
Pomp :: Pomp (v. i.) To make a pompons display; to conduct.
Flayed :: Flayed (imp. & p. p.) of Fla.
Scape-wheel :: Scape-wheel (n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.
Roundelay :: Roundelay (n.) See Rondeau, and Rondel..
Geophagist :: Geophagist (n.) One who eats earth, as dirt, clay, chalk, etc..
Splayfeet :: Splay (a.) A slope or bevel, especially of the sides of a door or window, by which the opening is made larged at one face of the wall than at the other, or larger at each of the faces than it is between them..
Court-cupboard :: Court-cupboard (n.) A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions..
Sorrento Work :: Sorrento work () Ornamental work, mostly carved in olivewood, decorated with inlay, made at or near Sorrento, Italy. Hence, more rarely, jig-saw work and the like done anywhere..
Virginal :: Virginal (v. i.) To play with the fingers, as if on a virginal; to tap or pat..
Belaying :: Belaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Bela.
Romp :: Romp (v. i.) To play rudely and boisterously; to leap and frisk about in play.
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To disclose the faults or reprehensible practices of; to lay open to general condemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite..
Scene :: Scene (n.) So much of a play as passes without change of locality or time, or important change of character; hence, a subdivision of an act; a separate portion of a play, subordinate to the act, but differently determined in different plays; as, an act of four scenes..
Encradle :: Encradle (v. t.) To lay in a cradle.
Lap :: Lap (n.) The loose part of a coat; the lower part of a garment that plays loosely; a skirt; an apron.
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