·vt A plan; a scheme.
II. Lay ·noun An obligation; a vow.
III. Lay ·Impf of Lie, to recline.
IV. Lay ·vt A job, price, or profit.
V. Lay ·noun A Law.
VI. Lay ·noun The laity; the common people.
VII. Lay ·vi To produce and deposit eggs.
VIII. Lay ·Impf of Lie.
IX. Lay ·vt A Wager.
X. Lay ·adj A melody; any musical utterance.
XI. Lay ·vt To cause to lie dead or dying.
XII. Lay ·noun Faith; creed; religious profession.
XIII. Lay ·vt The lathe of a loom. ·see Lathe, 3.
XIV. Lay ·adj Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
XV. Lay ·adj A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
XVI. Lay ·noun A meadow. ·see Lea.
XVII. Lay ·vt To place (new type) properly in the cases.
XVIII. Lay ·vt A measure of yarn; a lea. ·see 1st Lea (a).
XIX. Lay ·vt To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
XX. Lay ·vi To lay a wager; to Bet.
XXI. Lay ·vt To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
XXII. Lay ·vt To Apply; to Put.
XXIII. Lay ·vt To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
XXIV. Lay ·vt To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
XXV. Lay ·vi To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
XXVI. Lay ·vt To Point; to Aim; as, to lay a gun.
XXVII. Lay ·vt To deposit, as a wager; to Stake; to Risk.
XXVIII. Lay ·vt To State; to Allege; as, to lay the venue.
XXIX. Lay ·vt To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
XXX. Lay ·vt To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
XXXI. Lay ·vt To Impute; to Charge; to Allege.
XXXII. Lay ·adj Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
XXXIII. Lay ·vt 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.
XXXIV. Lay ·vt A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
XXXV. Lay ·adj Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
XXXVI. Lay ·noun That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
XXXVII. Lay ·vt To cause to be still; to Calm; to Allay; to Suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
XXXVIII. Lay ·vt To Prepare; to make ready; to Contrive; to Provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
XXXIX. Lay ·vt 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.
XL. Lay ·vt 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.