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Definition of Layins
1. layin [n] - See also: layin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Layins
Literary usage of Layins
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Deerslayer, Or, The First War-path: A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper (1876)
"layins his rifle in- the bottom of the canoe, Deerslayer stooped to sive the latter a
... layins ..."
2. The Principles of Psychology by William James (1902)
"I'layins; with the brain,' says Miss Alma Murray, ' is far less fatiguing than
playing with 11m heart. ..."
3. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The roofs of smaller buildings were made by layins poles across the walls and
covering them with branches and brush, over which a thick layer of earth was ..."
4. A Selection of Leading Cases in Equity: With Notes by Frederick Thomas White, Owen Davies Tudor, John Innes Clark Hare, Horace Binney Wallace (1859)
"... the testator for the sale of the estate is at an end; and the heir, if he
pleases, on layins; down the money for the debts, may take the estate himself. ..."
5. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1906)
"The layins of a street- railway track under municipal authority яо near a sidewalk,
at a point where the streets intersect at an acute angle, ..."
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