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Lasting three lays; also, happening every third day. [R.] Blount.

ith, a trill; as, to trill the r; to trill a note. The sober-suited songstress trills her lay. Thomson.

to, or designating, that condition of the ovum in which there are three primary germinal layers, or in which the blastoderm splits into three layers.

By troops; in crowds. [Obs.] So, troopmeal, Troy pursued a while, laying on with swords and darts. Chapman.

The act of laying on coats of plaster with a trowel.

An instrument used by carpenters, joiners, etc., for laying off right angles off right angles, and testing whether work is square.

scaraboid beetles belonging to Scarabæus, Copris, Phanæus, and allied genera. The female lays her eggs in a globular mass of dung which she rolls by means of her hind legs to a burrow excavated in the earth in which she buries it.

A membrane, or layer of tissue, especially when enveloping an organ or part, as the eye.

Covered with a tunic; covered or coated with layers; as, a tunicated bulb.

rass, twigs, hair, or the like; especially, a dense tuft or bunch of grass or sedge. Such laying of the hair in tussocks and tufts. Latimer.

his sense, There's no way to reduce him thence, But twinging him by the ears or nose, Or laying on of heavy blows. Hudibras.

r of the same size as that to be printed, pasted on the tympan, and serving as a guide in laying the sheets evenly for printing. W. Savage.

About. [Obs.] Layamon.

trees or foliage. Umbrageous grots and caves Of cool recess, o'er which the mantling vine Lays forth her purple grape. Milton.

To puff off, or lay down, one's arms or armor. "I'll unarm again." Shak.

To disclose, or lay open; to unbosom. [Obs.] P. Fletcher,

To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.

; hence, anything soothing or lenitive. The king himself the sacred unction made. Dryden. Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak.

undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. Milton. Under arms. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. -- Under can…

To lay beneath; to put under.