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3,249 words match “LAY”

SCRATCH PLAYER; SCRATCH RUNNER n.
One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability.
SKLAYRE n.
A vell. [Obs.]
SLAY v.
r by violence; hence, to kill; to put an end to; to destroy. With this sword then will I slay you both. Chaucer. I will slay the last of them with the sword. Amos ix. 1. I'll slay more gazers than the basilisk. Shak.
SLAYER n.
One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destrroyer of life.
SPLAY v. 6 definitions
To display; to spread. [Obs.] "Our ensigns splayed." Gascoigne.
SPLAYFOOT n.
A foot that is abnormally flattened and spread out; flat foot.
SPLAYFOOT; SPLAYFOOTED a.
Having a splayfoot or splayfeet.
SPLAYMOUTH n.
A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden.
SPLAYMOUTHED a.
Having a splaymouth. T. Brown.
STAGEPLAY n.
A dramatic or theatrical entertainment. Dryden.
STAGEPLAYER n.
se occupation is to represent characters on the stage; as, Garrick was a celebrated stageplayer.
SWORDPLAY n.
Fencing; a sword fight.
SWORDPLAYER n.
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword.
TRACKLAYER n.
workman engaged in work involved in putting the track in place. [U. S. & Canada] -- Track"lay`ing, n.
UNDERCLAY n.
A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
UNDERLAY v. 6 definitions
To lay beneath; to put under.
UNDERLAYER n. 2 definitions
One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
UNDERPLAY v. 3 definitions
To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
UNLAY v.
To untwist; as, to unlay a rope.
UPLAY v.
To hoard. [Obs.] Donne.
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