Part 617

2. 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.

3. To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

4. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

5. To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

After a tempest when the winds are laid.

Waller.

6. To cause to lie dead or dying.

Brave Cæneus laid Ortygius on the plain, The victor Cæneus was by Turnus slain.

Dryden.

7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

I dare lay mine honor He will remain so.

Shak.

8. To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

9. To apply; to put.

She layeth her hands to the spindle.

Prov. xxxi. 19.

10. To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

Is. liii. 6.

11. To impute; to charge; to allege.

God layeth not folly to them.

Job xxiv. 12.

Lay the fault on us.

Shak.

12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

13. To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

14. (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue. Bouvier.

15. (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.