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v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. “When the rage allays.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alloy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [ Archaic ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An allaying; that which allays; mitigation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The like allayment could I give my grief. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., lit., a female sweeper. ] A protecting ruffle or frill, as of silk or lace, sewed close to the lower edge of a skirt on the inside. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. an athlete who plays baseball.
Syn. -- baseball player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Belaid, Belayed p. pr. & vb. n. Belaying. ] [ For senses 1 & 2, D. beleggen to cover, belay; akin to E. pref. be-, and lay to place: for sense 3, OE. beleggen, AS. belecgan. See pref. Be-, and Lay to place. ] 1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Belay thee! Stop. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) A strong pin in the side of a vessel, or by the mast, round which ropes are wound when they are fastened or belayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bl&unr_;ge, fr. bl&unr_;c, bleak, white; akin to Icel. bleikja, OHG. bleicha, G. bleihe. See Bleak, n. & a. ] (Zool.) A fish. See Bleak, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Brick + lay. ] One whose occupation is to build with bricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bricklayer's itch. See under Itch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of building with bricks, or of uniting them by cement or mortar into various forms; the act or occupation of laying bricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cl&aemacr_;g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. clām clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. gloio`s glutinous substance, E. glue. Cf. Clog. ] 1. A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles. [ 1913 Webster ]

I also am formed out of the clay. Job xxxiii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth is covered thick with other clay,
Which her own clay shall cover. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder. --
Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. --
Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. --
Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. --
Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. --
Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. --
Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug. --
Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite. --
Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc. --
Fire clay , a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick. --
Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin. --
Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clayed p. pr. & vb. n. Claying. ] 1. To cover or manure with clay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. claie hurdle. ] (Fort.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. claidheamhmor a broadsword; Gael. claidheamh sword + mor great, large. Cf. Glaymore. ] A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) an antipersonnel land mine designed to produce a high-velocity spray of steel fragments in a relatively narrow fan-shaped cone, directed toward the enemy. They are usually detonated by an electrical remote control. [ PJC ]

‖prop. n. [ Named after Dr. John Clayton, an American botanist. ] (Bot.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Objects made from clay and baked in a kiln.
Syn. -- pottery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings. That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.
Syn. -- CD player. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Delays [ F. délai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v. ] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delayed p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying. ] [ OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun délai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate. ] 1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. xxiv. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed
The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To allay; to temper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The watery showers delay the raging wind. Surrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry. [ 1913 Webster ]

There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who delays; one who lingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By delays. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hindrance. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Displayed p. pr. & vb. n. Displaying. ] [ OE. displaien, desplaien, OF. despleier, desploier, F. déployer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + pleier, ploier, plier, F. ployer, plier, to fold, bend, L. plicare. See Ply, and cf. Deploy, Splay. ] 1. To unfold; to spread wide; to expand; to stretch out; to spread. [ 1913 Webster ]

The northern wind his wings did broad display. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil.) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To spread before the view; to show; to exhibit to the sight, or to the mind; to make manifest. [ 1913 Webster ]

His statement . . . displays very clearly the actual condition of the army. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To make an exhibition of; to set in view conspicuously or ostentatiously; to exhibit for the sake of publicity; to parade. [ 1913 Webster ]

Proudly displaying the insignia of their order. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Print.) To make conspicuous by large or prominent type. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To discover; to descry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And from his seat took pleasure to display
The city so adorned with towers. Chapman.

7. (Computers) To output (results or data) in a visible manner on the screen of a monitor, CRT, or other device. [ PJC ]

Syn. -- To exhibit; show; manifest; spread out; parade; expand; flaunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An opening or unfolding; exhibition; manifestation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Having witnessed displays of his power and grace. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Ostentatious show; exhibition for effect; parade. [ 1913 Webster ]

He died, as erring man should die,
Without display, without parade. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Electronics) An electronic device on which the output signal of another electronic device may be presented in a visual form; -- also called display device. Typically the display device it is the screen of a cathode-ray tube, as in a computer monitor, but other forms of visual display such as LED or liquid crystal devices are also used. The printed output from a computer or other device is not considered as a display. [ PJC ]

4. (Computers) The output signal from a computer program, displayed on a display device. The displayed signal may consist of letters, numbers, or any graphical image. [ PJC ]

5. (Biology) a pattern of behavior, such as showing a body part to another animal, by which one animal conveys information to another, as for mating or defense. [ PJC ]

a. 1. Unfolded; expanded; exhibited conspicuously or ostentatiously. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) With wings expanded; -- said of a bird of prey, esp. an eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) Set with lines of prominent type interspersed, to catch the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, displays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves.
Syn. -- D region. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + yl. ] (Chem.) Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [ Written also elayle. ] See Ethylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a heat-resistant clay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flayed p. pr. & vb. n. Flaying. ] [ OE. flean, flan, AS. fleán; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. flā, Sw. flå, Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. pleszti to tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst, tear; perh. akin to E. flag a flat stone, flaw. ] To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

With her nails
She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who strips off the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To lay down beforehand. [ 1913 Webster ]

These grounds being forelaid and understood. Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To waylay. See Forlay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. for- + lay. ] To lie in wait for; to ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ambushed thief forlays a traveler. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A claymore. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An instance of the firing of small arms with the intent to kill or frighten.
Syn. -- gunfight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Skr. himālaya, prop., the abode of snow. ] Of or pertaining to the Himalayas, the great mountain chain in Asia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rude, boisterous play. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too much given to horseplay in his raillery. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]