Laying

·noun The act of one who, or that which, lays.

II. Laying ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Lay.

III. Laying ·noun The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.

IV. Laying ·noun The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.

Pipe laying
·- The laying of conducting pipes underground, as for water, gas, ·etc. II. Pipe laying ·- The act ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
pipe-laying
This term, in political parlance, means any arrangement by which a party makes sure of a certain add...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
laying or lying along
Pressed down sideways by a stiff gale. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
laying off
See laying down ...

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laying down
, or laying off. The act of delineating the various lines of a ship to the full size on the mould-...

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laying-top
A conical piece of wood, having three or four scores or notches on its surface, used in rope-making ...

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laying a rope
Arranging the yarns for the strands, and then the strands for making a rope, or cable. ...

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Laying On Of Hands
This "formed at an early period a part of the ceremony observed on the appointment and consecration ...

William Smith's Bible Dictionary
laying or lying out on a yard
To go out towards the yard-arms. ...

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