Laxative

laks'a-tiv, adj. having the power of loosening the bowels.—« a purgative or aperient — medicine. n. Laxativene [Fr. laxatif— L. laxo.) Laxity, laks'i-ti, Larne , laks'nes, n. state or quality of being lax want of exactne . Lay, Pad. of Lie, to lay one’s self down Lav, la, vd. to cause to lie down to place or set down to beat down to spread on a surface to calm to appease to wager to bring forth to impose to charge to present. v.i to produce eggs pr.p. l5y'tng pa. and pa p. laid. Lay to Pr Bk.) to apply with vigour. [It is the causal of he, from A.S. leegan Ice leggja, Gcr. legen Gr. lego See Lie Lay, la, «. a song: a lyric or narrative poem. [O. Fr lai, of Celtic origin, as W. llais a sound, Gael, laoidh a verse, sacred poem peril conn, with Ger. lied.] Lay, la. Laic, la'ik, Laical, l&'ik-al, adj pertaining to the people: not clerical. [Fr. lai— L. laic us—Gr. laikos—la os, the people Layer, l&'er, u. a bed or stratum a shoot laid for propagation. [See Lay. vd.] layers. Layering, la'er-ing, « the propagation of plants by Lay-figure, Id'-fig'ur, or Layman, la man, «. a wooden figure used by artists to rejiresent the human body, and which serves as a model for attitude and drapery. [Dut. leeman, a jointed image ledt, lid, a joint.]