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Hen's work
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laying
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Laying is the skill of making equipment level. It usually involves moving equipment in small motions so that spirit levels are centralised in all planes . Movement is usually done by small worm gears or other fine setting devices for accurate small movements, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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Laying \Lay"ing\, n. The act of one who, or that which, lays. The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch. The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
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vb. (present participle of lay English)
Usage examples of laying.
This building abuts on the water, and there, in the clear depth, they could see big, blue sharks laying for the offal that is thrown from the slaughter house.
On the fifth day the line of demarcation extended to the spine of the scapula, laying bare the bone and exposing the acromion process and involving the pectoral muscles.
During the adjournment of the parliament, on account of the Whit-sun-holidays, the Scots of both houses, laying aside all party distinctions, met and deliberated on this subject.
She paused a moment before laying her hand against the admittance plate, composing her face and trying to calm her racing heartbeat.
Army of the United States, not for a moment looking for advancement there, not counting the cost, not offering his sword to the service of power, nor yet laying it down at the feet of the Government--he unsheathed it and took his stand in defence of the great principles asserted by Virginia in the Revolution, when she contended with Great Britain the right of every people to choose their own form of government.
But if the other countries are laying themselves out to have aerial battleships, it is time the United States did also.
Laying aside the first branch, Nysander passed the birch switch through the flame and water and struck Alec lightly on his cheeks, shoulders, chest, thighs, and feet, then snapped the stick in two.
Gorloic, and laying a hand to his hilt he rushed forward through the antechamber and into the gatehouse, his friends coming hard on his heels.
Although the shrine was dark and fading sunlight had climbed halfway up the walls, laying a bronze sheen on the cloudily opaque torsoes of the gigantic soldiers, everything in the square apse shone with an intense particularity.
Frenchman, finding himself puzzled by the learning of his antagonist, had recourse to the argumentum ad hominem, by laying his hand upon his sword, and declaring that he was ready to lose the last drop of his blood in opposition to such a damnable scheme.
The prolonged stay of the French troops in the bailiwick of Bergdorf, which had all the appearance of an occupation, might have led to the confiscation of all Hamburg property in England, to the laying an embargo on the vessels of the Republic, and consequently to the ruin of a great part of the trade of France and Holland, which was carried on under the flag of Hamburg.
After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
To leave Renold while still laying claim to Bonheur was clearly unacceptable.
Both Hogan and Busche are now laying the foundation we need for this battle.
John exhaled a long slow stream of cigarillo smoke, laying out the tip.