Definition of laying

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Laying (n.) The act of one who, or that which, lays..

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Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
Gaming :: Gaming (n.) The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.
Fingering :: Fingering (n.) The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc..
Flaying :: Flaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Fla.
Mosaic :: Mosaic (n.) A surface decoration made by inlaying in patterns small pieces of variously colored glass, stone, or other material; -- called also mosaic work..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.
Pipe Laying :: Pipe laying () The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, etc..
Brickwork :: Brickwork (n.) The act of building with or laying bricks.
Imposition :: Imposition (n.) The act of laying on the hands as a religious ceremoy, in ordination, confirmation, etc..
Haze :: Haze (v. t.) To harass or annoy by playing abusive or shameful tricks upon; to humiliate by practical jokes; -- used esp. of college students; as, the sophomores hazed a freshman..
Protractive :: Protractive (a.) Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying.
Bitts :: Bitts (n. pl.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc..
Adoration :: Adoration (n.) The act of playing honor to a divine being; the worship paid to God; the act of addressing as a god.
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of depositing or deposing; the act of laying down or thrown down; precipitation.
Jetton :: Jetton (n.) A metal counter used in playing cards.
Seraphine :: Seraphine (n.) A wind instrument whose sounding parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot. The melodeon is a portable variety of this instrument..
Vastation :: Vastation (n.) A laying waste; waste; depopulation; devastation.
Inlaying :: Inlaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Inla.
Radical :: Radical (n.) Specifically, a group of two or more atoms, not completely saturated, which are so linked that their union implies certain properties, and are conveniently regarded as playing the part of a single atom; a residue; -- called also a compound radical. Cf. Residue..
Ablaqueation :: Ablaqueation (n.) The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water.
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