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• Lay

  ·vt A plan; a scheme. II. Lay ·noun An obligation; a vow. III. Lay ·Impf of Lie, to recline. IV. ...

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• lay

  Enterprize, pursuit, or attempt: to be sick of the lay. It also means a hazard or chance: he stands ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• lay

  1) Terms or conditions of a bargain; price. Ex. 'I bought the articles at a good lay;' 'He bought hi...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• Lay reader

  ·add. ·- A layman authorized to read parts of the public service of the church. ...

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• Lay shaft

  ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of <<Layshaft>>. ...

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• chiving lay

  Cutting the braces of coaches behind, on which the coachman quitting the box, an accomplice robs the...

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• clouting lay

  Picking pockets of handkerchiefs. ...

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• drag lay

  Waiting in the streets to rob carts or waggons. ...

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• dub lay

  Robbing houses by picking the locks. ...

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• fam lay

  Going into a goldsmith's shop, under pretence of buying a wedding ring, and palming one or two, by d...

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• kid lay

  Rogues who make it their business to defraud young apprentices, or errand-boys, of goods committed t...

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• mill lay

  To force open the doors of houses in order to rob them. ...

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• peter lay

  The department of stealing portmanteaus, trunks, &c. ...

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• prad lay

  Cutting bags from behind horses. CANT. ...

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• roost lay

  Stealing poultry. ...

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• smug lay

  Persons who pretend to be smugglers of lace and valuable articles; these men borrow money of publica...

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• toby lay

  The highway. High toby man; a highway-man. Low toby man; a footpad. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• o'er- lay

  a surcingle. Lane. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• lay, to

  To come or go; as, lay aloft, lay forward, lay aft, lay out. This is not the neuter verb lie mispron...

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• lay-days

  The time allowed for shipping or discharging a cargo; and if not done within the term, fair weather ...

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• lay in

  The opposite of lay out. The order for men to come in from the yards after reefing or furling. It al...

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• lay lords

  The civil members of the admiralty board. ...

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• lay out

  See lie out! ...

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• lay-to

  To bring the weather-bow to the sea, with one sail set, and the helm lashed a-lee. (See lie-to, to.)...

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• Du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson

  (1834-1896) Artist and novelist, b. and ed. in Paris, in 1864 succeeded John Leech on the staff of ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• lay, by the

  When a man is paid in proportion to the success of the voyage, instead of by the month. This is comm...

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• lay-overs for meddlers

  A reply to a troublesome question on the part of a child, in answer to 'What's that?.' A turn-over i...

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• lay a gun, to

  So to direct it as that its shot may be expected to strike a given object; for which purpose its axi...

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• lay her course, to

  To be able to sail in the direction wished for, however barely the wind permits it. ...

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• lay in the oars

  Unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat. ...

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• lay of a rope

  The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed. ...

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• lay or lie on your oars!

  The order to desist rowing, without laying the oars in. ♦ Lay out on your oars! is the order to gi...

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• lay the land, to

  Barely to lose sight of it. ...

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• lay in sea-stock, to

  To make provision for the voyage. ...

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• lay up a ship, to

  To dismantle her. ...

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• Provision made for the collection of weekly alms for the support of the Chapel of Our Lady near Guildhall founded "pur tote la compaignie du Pui" (ib.).

  Henry le Waleis gave to the Confraternity of the Pui (de Podio) 5 marks annual quit rent on all his ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• the crack, or all the crack. the fashionable theme, the go. the crack lay, of late is used, in the cant language, to signify the art and mystery of house-breaking.

  Crust, sea biscuit, or ammunition loaf; also the backside. Farting crackers; breeches. ...

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