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To lay down beforehand. These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede.

To lie in wait for; to ambush. An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden.

A claymore. Johnson.

Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Hindostan.

Rude, boisterous play. Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden.

To lay within; hence, to insert, as pieces of pearl, iviry, choice woods, or the like, in a groundwork of some other material; to form an ornamental surface; to diversify or adorn with insertions. Look,how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines of bright gold. Shak. But these things are . . . borrowed by the…

One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay.

To lay or place among or between. Daniel.

Mutual action or influence; interaction; as, the interplay of affection.

One of a race of a brown or copper complexion in the Malay Peninsula and the western islands of the Indian Archipelago.

Of or pertaining to the Malays or their country. -- n.

The name given to one the cultivated Dravidian languages, closely related to the Tamil. Yule.

One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter.

Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won or lost by each side; -- disting. from medal play.

Play in which the score is reckoned by counting the number of strokes.

A mêlée; a conflict. Tennyson.

To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. Locke.

One who mislays.

A sword. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Palm leaves, prepared for being written upon with a style pointed with steel. [Written also ola.] Balfour (Cyc. of India).