Definition of layer

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Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..

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Endophloeum :: Endophloeum (n.) The inner layer of the bark of trees.
Nine-bark :: Nine-bark (n.) A white-flowered rosaceous shrub (Neillia, / Spiraea, opulifolia), common in the Northern United States. The bark separates into many thin layers, whence the name..
Flag :: Flag (n.) Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones..
Delamination :: Delamination (n.) Formation and separation of laminae or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated.
Ecarte :: Ecarte (n.) A game at cards, played usually by two persons, in which the players may discard any or all of the cards dealt and receive others from the pack..
Malleolus :: Malleolus (n.) A layer, a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through..
Violoncellist :: Violoncellist (n.) A player on the violoncello.
Taw :: Taw (n.) A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
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.
Cockshy :: Cockshy (n.) A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in shying or throwing cudgels at live cocks..
Hornet :: Hornet (n.) A large, strong wasp. The European species (Vespa crabro) is of a dark brown and yellow color. It is very pugnacious, and its sting is very severe. Its nest is constructed of a paperlike material, and the layers of comb are hung together by columns. The American white-faced hornet (V. maculata) is larger and has similar habits..
Endoderm :: Endoderm (n.) The inner layer of the skin or integument of an animal.
Lay :: Lay (n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood..
Whist :: Whist (n.) A certain game at cards; -- so called because it requires silence and close attention. It is played by four persons (those who sit opposite each other being partners) with a complete pack of fifty-two cards. Each player has thirteen cards, and when these are played out, he hand is finished, and the cards are again shuffled and distributed..
Polo :: Polo (n.) A similar game played on the ice, or on a prepared floor, by players wearing skates..
Fluorescence :: Fluorescence (n.) That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident l
Pile :: Pile (n.) A mass formed in layers; as, a pile of shot..
Understratum :: Understratum (n.) The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil..
Fourhanded :: Fourhanded (a.) Requiring four hands or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards..
Mesocarp :: Mesocarp (n.) The middle layer of a pericarp which consists of three distinct or dissimilar layers.
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