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Laying

noun

The production of eggs (especially in birds). Synonym: egg laying.

Lay

verb

(past & past part. laid; pres. part. laying)

Put into a certain place or abstract location. Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set. "Set the tray down" , "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" , "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Put in a horizontal position. Synonyms: put down, repose. "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

Prepare or position for action or operation. "Lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

Lay eggs.

Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.

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... said the king, laying his hand on the young man's shoulder, "if thou wilt but repeat that song where and when I bid thee, I promise that before the month ends Lord Warwick shall pledge thee his daughter's hand; and before the year is closed thou shalt sit beside ...

— The Last Of The Barons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... almost hopeless it would be, even if it were profitable, to draw out a practicable list of what may be advantageously chosen for reading and what may well be cast aside. (b) Still more does the infinite variety of tastes, circumstances: and talents, forbid the laying down of definite rules. Reading that might be profitable for one might not be so for another. Reading that would be pleasant to one would be to another weariness. Every class of mind seeks naturally its own proper food, and the choice of books must ...

— Life and Conduct • J. Cameron Lees

... and in calculating tonnage and other dues, it was necessary to reduce all to tons! Here is surely a source of endless confusion, if not an opening for fraud. Our legislature has gone on from century to century, mending or mutilating the statutes as the case might be, but laying down no principles scientific enough to command the approval of the educated, or simple enough to prevail over the established usages of ...

— Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 437 - Volume 17, New Series, May 15, 1852 • Various

... hesitation in Gordon's mind as to whether he would come home or not. His first project on laying down the Indian Secretaryship had been to go to Zanzibar and attack the slave trade from that side. Before his plans were matured the China offer came, and turned his thoughts in a different channel. On his arrival at Aden, ...

— The Life of Gordon, Volume II • Demetrius Charles Boulger

... at me steadily a moment, and I returned her glance. During that moment I was reflecting whether I might silently emphasize my request by laying a lover's hand upon her shoulder. I decided that I might not. She walked over and quietly seated herself in a low chair by the fire. Here she patiently folded her arms. ...

— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 100, February, 1866 • Various

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