Hypertext Webster Gateway: "laying"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lay \Lay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to
lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan.
See {Lie} to be prostrate.]
1. To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against
something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a
book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower
lays the dust.

A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the
den. --Dan. vi. 17.

Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. --Milton.

2. To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with
regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a
corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers
on a table.

3. To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to
lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

4. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

5. To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to
exorcise, as an evil spirit.

After a tempest when the winds are laid. --Waller.

6. To cause to lie dead or dying.

Brave C[ae]neus laid Ortygius on the plain, The
victor C[ae]neus was by Turnus slain. --Dryden.

7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

I dare lay mine honor He will remain so. --Shak.

8. To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

9. To apply; to put.

She layeth her hands to the spindle. --Prov. xxxi.
19.

10. To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to
assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
--Is. Iiii. 6.

11. To impute; to charge; to allege.

God layeth not folly to them. --Job xxiv.
12.

Lay the fault on us. --Shak.

12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on
one.

13. To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a
particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

14. (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
--Bouvier.

15. (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

16. (Rope Making) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable,
etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as,
to lay a cable or rope.

17. (Print.)
(a) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the
imposing stone.
(b) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

{To lay asleep}, to put sleep; to make unobservant or
careless. --Bacon.

{To lay bare}, to make bare; to strip.

And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain.
--Byron.

{To lay before}, to present to; to submit for consideration;
as, the papers are laid before Congress.

{To lay by}.
(a) To save.
(b) To discard.

Let brave spirits . . . not be laid by.
--Bacon.

{To lay by the heels}, to put in the stocks. --Shak.

{To lay down}.
(a) To stake as a wager.
(b) To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as, to lay
down one's life; to lay down one's arms.
(c) To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle.


{To lay forth}.
(a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's
self; to expatiate. [Obs.]
(b) To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] --Shak.

{To lay hands on}, to seize.

{To lay hands on one's self}, or {To lay violent hands on
one's self}, to injure one's self; specif., to commit
suicide.

{To lay heads together}, to consult.

{To lay hold of}, or {To lay hold on}, to seize; to catch.

{To lay in}, to store; to provide.

{To lay it on}, to apply without stint. --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Laying \Lay"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who, or that which, lays.

2. The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one
incubation; a clutch.

3. The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

laying
n : the production of eggs (especially in birds) [syn: {egg
laying}]


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