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

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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...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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. ...

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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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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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avoir du pois lay
Stealing brass weights off the counters of shops. CANT. ...

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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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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. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose