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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Banter :: Banter (v. t.) To address playful good-natured ridicule to, -- the person addressed, or something pertaining to him, being the subject of the jesting; to rally; as, he bantered me about my credulity..
Borneol :: Borneol (n.) A rare variety of camphor, C10H17.OH, resembling ordinary camphor, from which it can be produced by reduction. It is said to occur in the camphor tree of Borneo and Sumatra (Dryobalanops camphora), but the natural borneol is rarely found in European or American commerce, being in great request by the Chinese. Called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, and camphol..
Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music..
Comb :: Comb (v. t.) To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing..
Craft :: Craft (v. t.) To play tricks; to practice artifice.
Contemper :: Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
Rack :: Rack (a.) A frame on which articles are deposited for keeping or arranged for display; as, a clothes rack; a bottle rack, etc..
Domino :: Domino (n.) One of the pieces with which the game of dominoes is played.
Touchback :: Touchback (n.) The act of touching the football down by a player behind his own goal line when it received its last impulse from an opponent; -- distinguished from safety touchdown.
Shuttlecock :: Shuttlecock (n.) A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself..
Playing :: Playing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pla.
Protract :: Protract (v. t.) To put off to a distant time; to delay; to defer; as, to protract a decision or duty..
Zona :: Zona (n.) A zone or band; a layer.
Tableman :: Tableman (n.) A man at draughts; a piece used in playing games at tables. See Table, n., 10..
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Rokelay :: Rokelay (n.) A short cloak.
Depone :: Depone (v. t.) To lay, as a stake; to wager..
Shufflecap :: Shufflecap (n.) A play performed by shaking money in a hat or cap.
Droll :: Droll (v. i.) To jest; to play the buffoon.
Stromatic :: Stroma (n.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia..
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