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   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.]
   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.
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   A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den.
   Dan. vi. 17.
   
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   Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid.
   Milton.
   
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   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.
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   To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
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   To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
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   To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
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   After a tempest when the winds are laid.
   Waller.
   
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   To cause to lie dead or dying.
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   Brave Cæneus laid Ortygius on the plain,
   The victor Cæneus was by Turnus slain.
   Dryden.
   
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   To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
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   I dare lay mine honor
   He will remain so.
   Shak.
   
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   To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
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   To apply; to put.
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   She layeth her hands to the spindle.
   Prov. xxxi. 19.
   
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   To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
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   The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
   Is. liii. 6.
   
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   To impute; to charge; to allege.
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   God layeth not folly to them.
   Job xxiv. 12.
   
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   Lay the fault on us.
   Shak.
   
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   To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
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   To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
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   (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
   Bouvier.
   
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   (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
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   (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.
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   (Print.) (a) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. (b) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
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   To lay asleep, to put sleep; to make unobservant or careless. Bacon. -- To lay bare, to make bare; to strip.
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   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.
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   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. -- To lay it on thick, to flatter excessively. -- To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows. -- To lay on load, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs. or Archaic] -- To lay one's self out, to strive earnestly.
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   No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself for the good of his country.
   Smalridge.
   
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   -- To lay one's self open to, to expose one's self to, as to an accusation. -- To lay open, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal. -- To lay over, to spread over; to cover. -- To lay out. (a) To expend. Macaulay. (b) To display; to discover. (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a garden. (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse. (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength. -- To lay siege to. (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army. (b) To beset pertinaciously. -- To lay the course (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. -- To lay the land (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. -- To lay to (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor. (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] Knolles. (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary. -- To lay to heart, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly. -- To lay under, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or restraint. -- To lay unto. (a) Same as To lay to (above). (b) To put before. Hos. xi. 4. -- To lay up. (a) To store; to reposit for future use. (b) To confine; to disable. (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a ship. -- To lay wait for, to lie in ambush for. -- To lay waste, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay waste the land.
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   Syn. -- See Put, v. t., and the Note under 4th Lie.
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