laye

n. [ See Lay to cause to lie flat. ] 1. One who, or that which, lays. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Prob. a corruption of lair. ] That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, or fold laid over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand in the earth; a layer of bricks, or of plaster; the layers of an onion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An artificial oyster bed. [ 1913 Webster ]