2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight.
[1913 Webster]
3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also {fattening}, {plumping}, and {laying out}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
laying out — index disbursement (act of disbursing) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
laying out — Locating and establishing a new highway. Borrowdale v Board of County Comrs. 23 NM 1, 163 P 721. See laying off … Ballentine's law dictionary
laying out — paying out a line or net. Also called paying away and setting … Dictionary of ichthyology
Laying-out — Изготовление макета (издания, полосы); Выкладка (товара в торговом зале) … Краткий толковый словарь по полиграфии
out|lay — «noun. OWT LAY; verb. owt LAY», noun, verb, laid, lay|ing. –n. 1. the action of spending or laying out money; expense: »a large outlay for clothing. 2. the amount spent; expenditure: »The outlay to acquire the business e … Useful english dictionary
laying off — The election and designation of a homestead. 26 Am J1st Home §§ 87 et seq. An employer s act in terminating the employment temporarily. A slang term for desisting from critical comments. A gambler s term for not placing a wager on a particular… … Ballentine's law dictionary
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Laying on of hands — A 1946 laying on of hands at the Pentecostal Church of God in Lejunior, Kentucky. The laying on of hands is a religious ritual that accompanies certain religious practices, which are found throughout the world in varying forms. In Christian… … Wikipedia
Laying worker bee — A laying worker bee is a worker bee that lays unfertilized eggs usually in the absence of a queen bee. Only drones develop from the eggs of laying worker bees (with some exceptions, see thelytoky). A beehive cannot survive with only a laying… … Wikipedia
Laying — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
