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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Laying

/lā'-ĭng/ · Lay·ing · IPA /ˈleɪ.ɪŋ/
01 n. The act of one who, or that which, lays.
  1. 1.
    The act of one who, or that which, lays.
  2. 2.
    The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.
  3. 3.
    The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.