LYING

p.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
p.

of Lie, to tell a falsehood.

2.
p.

of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel (Arch.), a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. [R.] -- Lying to (Naut.), having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.


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