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lay in
lay into
lay of the land
lay off
lay on
lay out
lay over
lay reader
lay to
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layabout
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layback hand plant
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intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
stop ship or boat: to make a ship or boat stop, e.g. by turning a sailing vessel into the wind
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