The Synonymous, Etymological, and Pronouncing English Dictionary; In Which the Words Are Deduced from Their Originals, Their Part of Speech Pointed Ou
William Perry
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(RareBooksClub.com, May 15, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1805 Excerpt: ...To lay in, to store, to treasure. To lay on, to apply with violence. To lay open, to shew, to expose. To lay over, to incrust, to cover, to decorate superficially. To lay out, to expend; to disptay, to discover; to dispose, to plan. To lay la, to charge upon; to apply with vigour. To lay together, to collect, bring into one view. Ta lay under, to subject to. To Ity up, to confine to the bed or chamber;--to store, to treasure, to reposite for future use. To lay ziajle, to devastate, depopulate, ravage, Desolate. Lay,:'. n. to bring eggs; to contrive, to fens a scheme. To lay about, to strike on all sides. To lay at-to strike, to endeavour to strike. To lay wr, to strike, to beat without intermission. To lay out, to take measures. Lay', i. a row, a stratum, a bed, a ledge, a i.AVES; one rank in a scries reckoned upward; a bet, a wager. Lay, i. (Dan. leey) a soug, a poem. It is scarcely used but in poetry. Lay, a. (Lat. laicus) regarding or belonging to the people as distinct from the clergy. LAY'ER, La/Ar, i. a stratum, row, tier, ledge, bed, slake, couch, lumina, one body spread over another; a sprig us a plant; a hen that lays eggs. La/man, i. one of the people distinct from the clergy. La/stall, i. an M word) a heap of dung, a raixen, a dunghill. Rprnser. Laz'ar, ». (Lazarus) one deformed and nauseous with pestilential disease. Laz'ar-hoiise,!. a house fur the reception of the diseased, a Ia/.aretto, a hospital. Laz-ar-eYto, J. a lazarhouse, a hospital. L,iV.i-ly, ad. (lazy) idly, iluggislily, heavily, slowly, tediously. LA'ZINESS, 1.5'zi-ness,,,. (lazy) idleness, sluggislinefs.dronisliness, sloths illness, sloth, drowsiness, indolence, truantfhip, inattention, rcmisthess, listlcssness, heaviness in action, slowness, ditatoriness, tardiness. I.j/.,win...