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  1. 1. n. One who, or that which, lays. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. An artificial oyster bed. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. an abstract place usually conceived as having depth Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n. a hen that lays eggs Source: wordnet
  9. 9. n. thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. make or form a layer Source: wordnet
  11. 11. 1. One who, or that which, lays. 2. Etym: [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. 3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. 4. An artificial oyster bed. Source: webster
  12. 12. That which is laid; a stratum; a bed; one thickness, course, orfold 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. Source: adambom

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