Definition for LAY

LAY, n.3 [Sax. legh or ley; Gr. ληκεω, to sound. It might also be deduced from G. lied, a song; D. id.; Sax. leoth; Scot. leid, lede, or luid; Ir. lyidh; Gael. laoidh; from the root of loud, L. laudo, plaudo, Sax. hlydan.]

A song; as, a loud or soft lay; immortal lays. – Spenser. Milton. [It is used chiefly in poetry.]

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