Lax

laks, a. Not tense, firm, or rigid; flabby; soft; not tight; sparse; not crowded; of loose texture; easy or indulgent in principles or discipline: having too frequent alvine discharges; slack: unrestrained; di olute; licentious. — n. A loosene : diarrhea. [L. lax us lag, languid.] — Laxa'tion, n. Act of loosening, or state of being loose or slackened. [L. laxatio, laxare, to loosen.] — Lax'ative, -tiv, a. (Med.) Having the quality of loosening or opening the intestines. — n. A medicine which, etc.: a gentle purgative. [F. laxatif, L. laxativus.] — Lax'- — lty, -I-tT, -ne , n. State or quality of being lax, as, slackne (of a cord) loosene (of a texture) want of exactne or precision want of due strictne loosene (of the intestines) openne . [F. laxite", L. laxitas/] — Laxly, adv. Lay, imp. of Lie, q. v. Lay, v. [laid (lad), laying.] To cause to lie flat or to lie against something else to put down; to establish firmly; to beat down, prostrate; to place in order, arrange regularly to make ready, provide; to spread on a surface to calm, appease, allay to prevent (a spirit) from manifesting itself to deposit (a wager), stake; to bring forth and deposit (eggs): to apply, put; to a e (a tax), impose (a burden, suffering, or punishment) to charge (origin of, or responsibility for) to enjoin (a duty) to present or offer. (Naut.) To depre and lose sight of, by sailing, or departing from. (Law.) To state, allege.— To produce eggs. (JS'aut.) To take a position; to come or So.— n. That which lies, or laid: a row stratum: iver; a portion of the proceeds of labor, etc., undertaken on shares. Weaving.) A swinging frame in a loom, which lays the weft-threads parallel to each other against the cloth previously woven. [ME. leggen (imp. leide, p. p. leid), AS. lecgan (imp. legde, p. p. gelegd), fr. lag for Ueg, imp. of licgan, to q. v.] — To lay a cable, or rope. (Naut.) To twist or unite the strands.— To heads together. To consult to- — gether, compare opinions, deliberate. To hold or on. To seize, catch. —To one's self out. To exert strength, strive earnestly. — To out. To expend (money); to exert (strength); to plan, arrange; to prepare for burial to purpose. —To (Kaut.) To stop the motion of a ship. — To to heart. To per- — mit to affect greatly feel deeply. To wait for. To lie in ambush for. — To waste. To destroy, desolate. — To about. To strike on all sides, act with vigor. — To in for. To make overtures for, secure the po e ion of. — To on. To strike, beat, deal blows ince antly and with vehemence. — Lay'er, la'- Layers 5r, h. One who, or that sun, cube, full moon, cow, oil linger LEAD which, lays thing laid, as, a stratum, bed, body spread over another; a course, as of bricks, stones, etc. a shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. [Perh. same as lair, q. v.] — Lay'ering, n. Propagation of plants by layers. Lay, n. A song; a species of narrative poetry among the ancient minstrels. [OF. lai, lay, Proven, lavs; W. a sound, Ir. and Ga. Inoidh, hymn, perh. AS. leodk, G. lied, a song, Goth, liuthon, to sing.] Lay, a. Pert, to the laity or people, as distinct fr. the clergy or from the members of a learned profe ion not clerical. [OF. lai, L. laic us, Gr. laikos, pert, to the laos, people.] — Lay'man, n. pi. -men. One of the people, disting. the clergy; also, one who does not belong to one of the other learned profe ions, disting. one who does. — La'- ic, a. Pert, to the laity. — n. A layman. — La'ity, -Y-tY, n. The people, disting. from the clergy.