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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Laying :: Laying (n.) The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.
Brush :: Brush (n.) An instrument composed of bristles, or other like material, set in a suitable back or handle, as of wood, bone, or ivory, and used for various purposes, as in removing dust from clothes, laying on colors, etc. Brushes have different shapes and names according to their use; as, clothes brush, paint brush, tooth brush, etc..
Manslaughter :: Manslaughter (n.) The slaying of a human being; destruction of men.
Cross :: Cross (n.) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
Fiddlestick :: Fiddlestick (n.) The bow, strung with horsehair, used in playing the fiddle; a fiddle bow..
Knave :: Knave (n.) A playing card marked with the figure of a servant or soldier; a jack.
Cervicide :: Cervicide (n.) The act of killing deer; deer-slaying.
Punnet :: Punnet (n.) A broad, shallow basket, for displaying fruit or flowers..
Splendid :: Splendid (a.) Possessing or displaying splendor; shining; very bright; as, a splendid sun..
Flirtation :: Flirtation (n.) Playing at courtship; coquetry.
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..
Pipe Laying :: Pipe laying () The act or method of making combinations for personal advantage secretly or slyly; -- in this sense, usually written as one word..
Heart :: Heart (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps..
Taxation :: Taxation (n.) The act of laying a tax, or of imposing taxes, as on the subjects of a state, by government, or on the members of a corporation or company, by the proper authority; the raising of revenue; also, a system of raising revenue..
Dilatory :: Dilatory (a.) Inclined to defer or put off what ought to be done at once; given the procrastination; delaying; procrastinating; loitering; as, a dilatory servant..
Magbote :: Magbote (n.) Compensation for the injury done by slaying a kinsman.
Spilikin :: Spilikin (n.) One of a number of small pieces or pegs of wood, ivory, bone, or other material, for playing a game, or for counting the score in a game, as in cribbage. In the plural (spilikins.
Pipelaying :: Pipelaying () Alt. of Pipe layin.
Flagging :: Flagging (a.) Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying..
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..
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