Bible Dictionaries
Lay

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

(2):

(v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

(3):

(v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

(4):

(v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.

(5):

(v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

(6):

(v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

(7):

(n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.

(8):

(v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.

(9):

(imp.) of Lie

(10):

(v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.

(11):

(v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.

(12):

(v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.

(13):

(v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.

(14):

(v. t.) A plan; a scheme.

(15):

(v. t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.

(16):

(imp.) of Lie, to recline.

(17):

(a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

(18):

(a.) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

(19):

(a.) Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.

(20):

(n.) The laity; the common people.

(21):

(n.) A meadow. See Lea.

(22):

(n.) Faith; creed; religious profession.

(23):

(n.) A law.

(24):

(n.) An obligation; a vow.

(25):

(a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

(26):

(a.) A melody; any musical utterance.

(27):

(v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

(28):

(v. t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

(29):

(v. i.) To produce and deposit eggs.

(30):

(v. t.) To apply; to put.

(31):

(v. t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.

(32):

(v. t.) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

(33):

(v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

(34):

(v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.

(35):

(v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

(36):

(v. t.) A wager.

(37):

(v. t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

(38):

(v. t.) A job, price, or profit.

(39):

(v. t.) To impute; to charge; to allege.

(40):

(v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.