[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

lay \lay\ l=a, v. t. imp.  p. p. laid l=ad; 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.
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            a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the
            den.                                  --dan. vi. 17.
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            soft on the flowery herb i found me laid. --milton.
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   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.
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   3. to prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to
      lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
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   4. to spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
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   5. to cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to
      exorcise, as an evil spirit.
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            after a tempest when the winds are laid. --waller.
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   6. to cause to lie dead or dying.
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            brave caeneus laid ortygius on the plain,
            the victor caeneus was by turnus slain. --dryden.
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   7. to deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
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            i dare lay mine honor
            he will remain so.                    --shak.
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   8. to bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
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   9. to apply; to put.
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            she layeth her hands to the spindle.  --prov. xxxi.
                                                  19.
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   10. to impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to
       assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
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             the lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
                                                  --is. liii. 6.
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   11. to impute; to charge; to allege.
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             god layeth not folly to them.        --job xxiv.
                                                  12.
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             lay the fault on us.                 --shak.
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   12. to impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on
       one.
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   13. to present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a
       particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
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   14. law to state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
       --bouvier.
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   15. mil. to point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
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   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.
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   17. print.
       a to place and arrange pages for a form upon the
           imposing stone.
       b to place new type properly in the cases.
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   to lay asleep, to put sleep; to make unobservant or
      careless. --bacon.

   to lay bare, to make bare; to strip.
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            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.
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                 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.

   to lay it on thick, to flatter excessively.

   to lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on
      blows.

   to lay on load, to lay on blows; to strike violently. obs.
      or archaic

   to lay one's self out, to strive earnestly.
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            no selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself
            for the good of his country.          --smalridge.
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   to lay one's self open to, to expose one's self to, as to
      an accusation.

   to lay open, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal.

   to lay over, to spread over; to cover.

   to lay out.
       a to expend. --macaulay.
       b to display; to discover.
       c to plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a
           garden.
       d to prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse.
       e to exert; as, to lay out all one's strength.

   to lay siege to.
       a to besiege; to encompass with an army.
       b to beset pertinaciously.

   to lay the course naut., to sail toward the port intended
      without jibing.

   to lay the land naut., to cause it to disappear below the
      horizon, by sailing away from it.

   to lay to
       a to charge upon; to impute.
       b to apply with vigor.
       c to attack or harass. obs. --knolles.
       d naut. to check the motion of a vessel and cause
           it to be stationary.

   to lay to heart, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly.

   to lay under, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or
      restraint.

   to lay unto.
       a same as to lay to above.
       b to put before. --hos. xi. 4.

   to lay up.
       a to store; to reposit for future use.
       b to confine; to disable.
       c to dismantle, and retire from active service, as a
           ship.

   to lay wait for, to lie in ambush for.

   to lay waste, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay
      waste the land.
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   syn: see put, v. t., and the note under 4th lie.
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see also:
laid laying lie to lay asleep to lay bare to lay before 
to lay by to lay by the heels to lay down to lay forth to lay hands on 
to lay hands on one's self to lay violent hands on one's self to lay heads together to lay hold of to lay hold on 
to lay in to lay it on to lay it on thick to lay on to lay on load 
to lay one's self out to lay one's self open to to lay open to lay over to lay out 
to lay siege to to lay the course to lay the land to lay to to lay to heart 
to lay under to lay unto to lay up to lay wait for to lay waste 
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[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

heel \heel\, n. oe. hele, heele, as. h=ela, perh. for
   h=ohila, fr. as. h=oh heel cf. hough; but cf. d.
   hiel, ofries. heila, h=ela, icel. haell, dan. hael, sw.
   hauml, and l. calx. root12. cf. inculcate.
   1. the hinder part of the foot; sometimes, the whole foot; --
      in man or quadrupeds.
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            he the stag calls to mind his strength and then
            his speed,
            his winged heels and then his armed head. --denham.
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   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.
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   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.
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   4. anything regarded as like a human heel in shape; a
      protuberance; a knob.
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   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.
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   6. man. management by the heel, especially the spurred
      heel; as, the horse understands the heel well.
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   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.
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   8. golf the part of the face of the club head nearest the
      shaft.
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   9. in a carding machine, the part of a flat nearest the
      cylinder.
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   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.
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hough inculcate heel chain heel plate heel of a rafter heel 
heel ring neck and heels to be at the heels of to be down at the heel to be out at the heels 
to cool the heels cool to go heels over head to have the heels of to lay by the heels 
to show the heels to take to the heels to throw up another's heels to tread upon one's heels 

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