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Lay \Lay\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid}; 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, to be prostrate, or to lie against
      something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a
      book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower
      lays the dust.

            A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the
            den.                                  --Dan. vi. 17.

            Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. --Milton.

   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 C[ae]neus laid Ortygius on the plain, The
            victor C[ae]neus 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. Iiii. 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.

   16. (Rope Making) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable,
       etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as,
       to lay a cable or rope.

   17. (Print.)
       (a) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the
           imposing stone.
       (b) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

   {To lay asleep}, to put sleep; to make unobservant or
      careless. --Bacon.

   {To lay bare}, to make bare; to strip.

            And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain.
                                                  --Byron.

   {To lay before}, to present to; to submit for consideration;
      as, the papers are laid before Congress.

   {To lay by}.
       (a) To save.
       (b) To discard.

                 Let brave spirits . . . not be laid by.
                                                  --Bacon.

   {To lay by the heels}, to put in the stocks. --Shak.

   {To lay down}.
       (a) To stake as a wager.
       (b) To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as, to lay
           down one's life; to lay down one's arms.
       (c) To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle.
           

   {To lay forth}.
       (a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's
           self; to expatiate. [Obs.]
       (b) To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] --Shak.

   {To lay hands on}, to seize.

   {To lay hands on one's self}, or {To lay violent hands on
   one's self}, to injure one's self; specif., to commit
      suicide.

   {To lay heads together}, to consult.

   {To lay hold of}, or {To lay hold on}, to seize; to catch.

   {To lay in}, to store; to provide.

   {To lay it on}, to apply without stint. --Shak.

Heel \Heel\, n. [OE. hele, heele, AS. h[=e]la, perh. for
   h[=o]hila, fr. AS. h[=o]h heel (cf. {Hough}); but cf. D.
   hiel, OFries. heila, h[=e]la, Icel. h[ae]ll, Dan. h[ae]l, Sw.
   h["a]l, and L. calx. [root]12. Cf. {Inculcate}.]
   1. The hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; --
      in man or quadrupeds.

            He [the stag] calls to mind his strength and then
            his speed, His winged heels and then his armed head.
                                                  --Denham.

   2. The hinder part of any covering for the foot, as of a
      shoe, sock, etc.; specif., a solid part projecting
      downward from the hinder part of the sole of a boot or
      shoe.

   3. The latter or remaining part of anything; the closing or
      concluding part. ``The heel of a hunt.'' --A. Trollope.
      ``The heel of the white loaf.'' --Sir W. Scott.

   4. Anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a
      protuberance; a knob.

   5. The part of a thing corresponding in position to the human
      heel; the lower part, or part on which a thing rests;
      especially:
      (a) (Naut.) The after end of a ship's keel.
      (b) (Naut.) The lower end of a mast, a boom, the bowsprit,
          the sternpost, etc.
      (c) (Mil.) In a small arm, the corner of the but which is
          upwards in the firing position.
      (d) (Mil.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword,
          next to the hilt.
      (e) The part of any tool next the tang or handle; as, the
          heel of a scythe.

   6. (Man.) Management by the heel, especially the spurred
      heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.

   7. (Arch.)
      (a) The lower end of a timber in a frame, as a post or
          rafter. In the United States, specif., the obtuse
          angle of the lower end of a rafter set sloping.
      (b) A cyma reversa; -- so called by workmen. --Gwilt.

   {Heel chain} (Naut.), a chain passing from the bowsprit cap
      around the heel of the jib boom.

   {Heel plate}, the butt plate of a gun.

   {Heel of a rafter}. (Arch.) See {Heel}, n., 7.

   {Heel ring}, a ring for fastening a scythe blade to the
      snath.

   {Neck and heels}, the whole body. (Colloq.)

   {To be at the heels of}, to pursue closely; to follow hard;
      as, hungry want is at my heels. --Otway.

   {To be down at the heel}, to be slovenly or in a poor plight.
      

   {To be out at the heels}, to have on stockings that are worn
      out; hence, to be shabby, or in a poor plight. --Shak.

   {To cool the heels}. See under {Cool}.

   {To go heels over head}, to turn over so as to bring the
      heels uppermost; hence, to move in a inconsiderate, or
      rash, manner.

   {To have the heels of}, to outrun.

   {To lay by the heels}, to fetter; to shackle; to imprison.
      --Shak. --Addison.

   {To show the heels}, to flee; to run from.

   {To take to the heels}, to flee; to betake to flight.

   {To throw up another's heels}, to trip him. --Bunyan.

   {To tread upon one's heels}, to follow closely. --Shak.