Definition of lay

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Lay (v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay..

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Passage :: Passage (v. i.) In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed..
Malayan :: Malayan (a.) Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (v. t.) To lay fiat; to throw down; to level; to fell; as, to prostrate the body; to prostrate trees or plants..
Tarry :: Tarry (v. i.) To delay; to put off going or coming; to loiter.
Puddle :: Puddle (v. t.) To make dense or close, as clay or loam, by working when wet, so as to render impervious to water..
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Court :: Court (v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting..
Circumferentor :: Circumferentor (n.) A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360¡, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint..
Retouch :: Retouch (n.) A partial reworking,as of a painting, a sculptor's clay model, or the like..
Uplay :: Uplay (v. t.) To hoard.
Crock :: Crock (v. t.) To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter..
Dilation :: Dilation (n.) Delay.
Circus :: Circus (n.) A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage..
Card :: Card (n.) A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards..
Rocker :: Rocker (n.) A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse.
Run :: Run (n.) Continued repetition on the stage; -- said of a play; as, to have a run of a hundred successive nights..
Charge :: Charge (v. t.) To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for..
Scroddled Ware :: Scroddled ware () Mottled pottery made from scraps of differently colored clays.
Spot :: Spot (n.) A small part of a different color from the main part, or from the ground upon which it is; as, the spots of a leopard; the spots on a playing card..
Tutti :: Tutti (n. pl.) All; -- a direction for all the singers or players to perform together.
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