1. One who, or that which, lays.
2. [Prob. A corruption of lair] That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, rate, or
fold laid over other; as, a
layer of
clay or of
sand in the land; a
layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion.
3. A
shoot or
twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid
under ground for
growth or propagation.
4. An
artificial oyster bed.
See: Lay to
reason to
lie flat.
Source: Websters Vocabulary