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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...

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Cross-days
·noun ·pl The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension. ...

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Dog days
·- A period of from four to six weeks, in the summer, variously placed by almanac makers between the...

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Day's journey
The usual length of a day's journey in the East, on camel or horseback, in six or eight hours, is ab...

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Day's Court
On the east side of Old Change (P.C. 1732-Boyle, 1799). Not named in the maps. ...

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born days
One's life-time ever since one was born; a vulgar expression used in various parts of the country. I...

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boon-days
days when statute-work on the high-ways is performed. York. ...

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vore-days
late in the day. Exm. ...

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banyan days
See banian ...

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day's work
In navigation, the reckoning or reduction of the ship's courses and distances made good during twent...

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overlay days
Days for which demurrage can be charged. ...

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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...

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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. ...

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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 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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Ancient of Days
An expression applied to Jehovah three times in the vision of Daniel (7:9, 13, 22) in the sense of e...

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Sabbath day's journey
Supposed to be a distance of 2,000 cubits, or less than half-a-mile, the distance to which, accordin...

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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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cooking a day's work
To save the officer in charge. Reckoning too is cooked, as in a certain Antarctic discovery of land,...

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working a day's work
Reducing the dead-reckoning and meridian altitudes to noon of each day. ...

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

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
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