Definition of laying

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Laying (n.) The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.

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Reposition :: Reposition (n.) The act of repositing; a laying up.
Scale :: Scale (n.) A mathematical instrument, consisting of a slip of wood, ivory, or metal, with one or more sets of spaces graduated and numbered on its surface, for measuring or laying off distances, etc., as in drawing, plotting, and the like. See Gunter's scale..
Jackstraw :: "Jackstraw (n.) One of a set of straws of strips of ivory, bone, wood, etc., for playing a child's game, the jackstraws being thrown confusedly together on a table, to be gathered up singly by a hooked instrument, without touching or disturbing the rest of the pile. See Spilikin..
Rendering :: Rendering (n.) The act of laying the first coat of plaster on brickwork or stonework.
Displaying :: Displaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Displa.
Boating :: Boating (n.) In Persia, a punishment of capital offenders, by laying them on the back in a covered boat, where they are left to perish..
Truancy :: Truancy (n.) The act of playing truant, or the state of being truant; as, addicted to truancy..
Lyrism :: Lyrism (n.) The act of playing on a lyre or harp.
Planking :: Planking (n.) The act of laying planks; also, planks, collectively; a series of planks in place, as the wooden covering of the frame of a vessel..
Piping :: Piping (v.) Playing on a musical pipe.
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (n.) That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively..
Revie :: Revie (v. i.) To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing.
Intonation :: Intonation (n.) Singing or playing in good tune or otherwise; as, her intonation was false..
Queen :: Queen (n.) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades..
Monotocous :: Monotocous (a.) Uniparous; laying a single egg.
Sideboard :: Sideboard (n.) A piece of dining-room furniture having compartments and shelves for keeping or displaying articles of table service.
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Harlequin :: Harlequin (n. i.) To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks.
Retardation :: Retardation (n.) The act of retarding; hindrance; the act of delaying; as, the retardation of the motion of a ship; -- opposed to acceleration..
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