Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

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Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..
Try-square :: Try-square (n.) An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square..
Playfellow :: Playfellow (n.) A companion in amusements or sports; a playmate.
Punnet :: Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers..
Lied :: Lied (n.) A lay; a German song. It differs from the French chanson, and the Italian canzone, all three being national..
Triumph :: Triumph (n.) To play a trump card.
Shift :: Shift (v. t.) A change of the position of the hand on the finger board, in playing the violin..
Flute A Bec :: Flute a bec () A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet..
Lumachella :: Lumachella (n.) A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections..
Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue..
Bugler :: Bugler (n.) One who plays on a bugle.
Pipe Laying :: Pipe laying () The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc..
Stickle :: Stickle (v. i.) To play fast and loose; to pass from one side to the other; to trim.
Superposition :: Superpose (v. t.) To lay (a figure) upon another in such a manner that all the parts of the one coincide with the parts of the other; as, to superpose one plane figure on another..
Fescue :: Fescue (n.) An instrument for playing on the harp; a plectrum.
Unarm :: Unarm (v. i.) To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor..
Play :: Play (v. t.) To act or perform (a play); to represent in music action; as, to play a comedy; also, to act in the character of; to represent by acting; to simulate; to behave like; as, to play King Lear; to play the woman..
Twiddle :: Twiddle (v. i.) To play with anything; hence, to be busy about trifles..
Stock :: Stock (n.) That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank..
Parget :: Parget (v. i.) To lay on plaster.
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