What is "lay about"

Usage examples of "lay about".

After some argument the Gunderman agreed, and they made their way into the palace, eventually coming to the great treasure chamber, where warriors of a by-gone age lay about in life-like positions.

At last the strong drinks so amiably retailed by Madam Marx did their work, and the men lay about the floor asleep and breathing heavily.

Proconsul Ionfeu had said that the village of Moggly lay about half a league away in that direction.

The spot where the Scottish leader was now staying lay about halfway between Lanark and Ayr.

These lay about shattered amidst shields and swords thrown from the walls, where pictures of saints or perchance of dead Cattrinas hung all awry.

As she read on, her surroundings gradually faded, and soon there lay about her only the mists of dream, the purple, star-strewn mists beyond time, where only Gods and dreamers walk.

Once more in the dungeon beside Lina, his first thought was to fasten up the door again, which would have been easy, so many iron fragments of all sorts and sizes lay about.

Those who had been too slow to get out of the lizard-ape's path lay about where they had fallen, blood seeping in widening pools beneath them.

Other personal equipment lay about scattered and broken, including the wrappings of ordinary pack rations.

It was made from beams of a very peculiar wood, and a great number of limbs, joints, boughs, and pieces lay about, sufficient to have constructed a fleet of ships and boats.

Now there was not much more than an hour of daylight left, and the narrow pass lay about three miles ahead of them.

Tools lay about one board, which had been loosened and laid back to display fused wiring.

Then I made a slow turn, viewing what lay about us, hoping for a clue to the gate.

Worse, the other slaves chained to her had fared far worse than she had as they were hurled against the side of the ship and lay about like so many more inert anchors.