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<hw>Laid</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Lay</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Laid paper</col>, <cd>paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called <i>blue laid<i>, <i>cream laid<i>, etc., according to its color.</cd></cs>

<h1>Laidly</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Laid"ly</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Ugly; loathsome.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng. & Scot.]</mark>

<blockquote>This <b>laidly</b> and loathsome worm. <i>W. Howitt.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Lain</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>p. p.</tt> <def>of <er>Lie</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt></def>

<h1>Lainere</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lain"ere</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lanier</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Lair</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lair</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>leir</ets>, AS. <ets>leger</ets>; akin to D. <ets>leger</ets>, G. <ets>lager</ets> couch, lair, OHG. <ets>laga<?/</ets>, Goth. <ets>ligrs</ets>, and to E. <ets>lie</ets>. See <er>Lie</er> to be prostrate, and cf. <er>Layer</er>, <er>Leaguer</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A place in which to lie or rest; especially, the bed or couch of a wild beast.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A burying place.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Jamieson.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A pasture; sometimes, food.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Laird</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Laird</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lord</er>.]</ety> <def>A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<h1>Lairdship</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Laird"ship</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.</def> <mark>[Scot.]</mark>

<i>Ramsay.</i>

<h1>Laism</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Lamaism</er>.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Laissez faire</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>Lais`sez" faire"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F., let alone.]</ety> <def>Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; <as>as, the doctrine of <ex>laissez faire</ex>; <ex>the laissez faire</ex> system government.</as></def>

<h1>Lai-ty</h1> <Xpage=825>

<hw>La"i-ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Lay</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The people, as distinguished from the clergy; the body of the people not in orders.</def>