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lairn.1

Brit. /lɛː/, U.S. /lɛ(ə)r/
Forms: Old English leger, Middle English–1500s leir, Middle English layere, Middle English–1600s lare, layre, Middle English–1600s leyre, 1500s–1600s lear(e, laire, laier, ( lieare), 1500s–1800s layer, 1800s Scottish layre, dialect lear, Middle English– lair. See also layer n.
Etymology: Old English leger strong neuter, corresponding to Old Frisian legor lying, situation, Old Saxon legar neuter, bed, bed of sickness (Dutch leger bed, camp), Old High German leger (masculine), bed, camp (modern German lager , influenced by lage , lying, situation), Old Norse legr neuter, seduction, Gothic ligr-s (masculine), bed < Old Germanic *legro- , < root *leg- : see lie v.1
1.
a. The action or fact of lying. Obsolete.
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the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > [noun]
lairc893
lying?c1225
reclination1556
discubation1641
discumbing1641
decumbence1646
decumbency1646
discumbency1646
recubation1646
recumbency1646
discumbiture1655
discubiture1656
discumbence1656
decubation1664
decumbiture1670
recumbence1670
decubitus1879
c893 tr. Orosius Hist. i. i. §23 Mid þan langan legere þæs deadan mannes inne.
OE Beowulf 3043 Se legdraca..wæs fiftiges fotgemearces lang on legere.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid viii. iv. 70 All the beistis war Repaterit weyll eftyr thair nychtis lair.
1631 G. Markham Way to Wealth (1668) v. ii. xviii. 87 Touching the keeping of Corn after it is thrasht and drest, it is divers wayes to be done, as by stowage or place of lear.
b. A lying with a person; fornication. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > fornication, adultery, or incest > [noun] > fornication
lair1296
fornicationa1300
holourya1400
scortation1556
quadrulapse1595
bastardry1605
fornicating1620
houghmagandya1700
1296 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 1 Eda filia Pater Noster pro leyr, 6d.
1332–3 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 13 De Ivetta Horner, pro leyr in adulterio, 2s.
1361 in W. H. D. Longstaffe & J. Booth Halmota Prioratus Dunelmensis (1889) 27 De Christiana ancilla Willelmi capellani pro leyr cum capellano, 2s.
c. Of land: The state of lying fallow. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > fallow land > state of being
fallow?1523
lair1602
fallowness1859
1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 20 The Tiller..is driuen to giue it at least seuen or eight yeres leyre.
2. The resting place of a corpse; a grave, tomb. Now only Scottish, a plot in a graveyard.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun]
buriels854
througheOE
burianOE
graveOE
lairc1000
lair-stowc1000
lich-restc1000
pitOE
grass-bedOE
buriness1175
earth housec1200
sepulchrec1200
tombc1300
lakec1320
buriala1325
monumenta1325
burying-place1382
resting placea1387
sepulturea1387
beda1400
earth-beda1400
longhousea1400
laystow1452
lying1480
delfa1500
worms' kitchen?a1500
bier1513
laystall1527
funeral?a1534
lay-bed1541
restall1557
cellarc1560
burying-grave1599
pit-hole1602
urn1607
cell1609
hearse1610
polyandrum1627
requietory1631
burial-place1633
mortuary1654
narrow cell1686
ground-sweat1699
sacred place1728
narrow house1792
plot1852
narrow bed1854
c1000 Laws Northumbr. Priests §62 in Schmid Gesetze 370 Þolige he clænes legeres.
c1000 Sax. Leechd. III. 288 Unsac he wæs on life beo on legere swa swa he mote.
?a1400 Morte Arth. 2293 Sir Arthure..ledde hyme to the layere thare the kyng lygges.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. vii. x. 3243 He chesyd his layre in till Kelsew.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. lxxxiv. iii The mynster churche..Of Glastonbury, where nowe he hath his leyre.
1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 118 Ane feild full fair, Quhair that him self befoir chesit his lair.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 154 Sanct Salvatouris colledge quhairin he maid his lair verri cureouslie and costlie.
1882 McQueen in Macmillan's Mag. 46 162 Some of the inhabitants..had their family ‘lair’ or burying-place in the graveyard of a village.
1890 [Notice in Stromness Ch.-yard] The Committee appointed by the Heritors to take charge of the new Burial Ground have had before them alternative plans for placing of lairs.
3. That whereon one lies down to sleep; a bed, couch. †at or to lair: in or to bed. †to take one's lair: to take to one's bed. Now chiefly with some reference to sense 5.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > bed > [noun]
restOE
bedc995
laira1000
couch1340
littera1400
libbege1567
pad1703
spond1763
fleabag1811
dab1812
snooze1819
downy1846
kip1879
the hay1903
Uncle Ned1925
rack1939
fart sack1943
sack1943
pit1948
uncle1982
the world > health and disease > ill health > be in ill health [verb (intransitive)] > take to bed
to lay up1554
to take one's lair1633
to lie up1850
to take to one's bed1883
a1000 Wife's Compl. 34 Frynd leger weardiaþ þonne ic on uhtan ana gonge.
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 103 He beð neðer þanne he er was, alse fro sete to leire.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 29091 In askes and in hare, And weping and vneses lair.
c1425 Dispute Mary & Cross 96 in Leg. Rood (1871) App. 200 My love I lulled vppe in hys leir.
1494 Acta Dom. Conc. (1739) 372/2 His wiff wes liand in cheld bed lare.
1619 H. Hutton Satyricall Epigrams in Follie's Anat. sig. C3 Robin has for Tobaccho sold his chaire, Reseruing nothing but a stoole for's lare.
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (i. 9) 192 The Physitian comming to his patient, enquires..the time when he tooke his Layre.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 24 The shepherd..on the sloping pond-head lies at lair.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. iii. 8/1 Wretchedness..shivers hunger-stricken into its lair of straw.
1851 M. Reid Scalp Hunters I. xx. 255 There were ‘lairs’ among the underwood—constructed of branches.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 160 The villainous den beneath the top-gallant-forecastle, far in the fore-part of the ship, which is the lair of seamen in most English ships.
figurative and in extended use.1815 W. Scott Lord of Isles iv. iv. 132 Till stretch'd upon the bloody lair Each rebel corpse was laid!1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 53 We make these our liquid lair.
4. A place for animals to lie down in.
a. for domestic animals. †Also, a haunt or range. Now spec. an enclosure or large shed for cattle on the way to market.By Spenser, if the reading be correct, used pseudo-archaically for ‘pasture’.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal enclosure or house general > [noun] > resting place for animals
lairc1420
bed1694
dinner camp1859
bed-ground1880
bedding-ground1884
camp1891
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > enclosing cattle > enclosure for cattle
rack-yard1765
lobby1778
wro1808
rodeo1811
lair1865
lairage1883
ox yard1885
cow-barton1888
cattle-camp1900
boosey close1922
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 52 Take heede ek if the dwellers in that leir Her wombis sidis, reynys swelle or ake.
1513 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Æneid xiii. Prol. 44 All stoyr and catall seysit in thar lair.
1573 T. Tusser Points Huswifrie (new ed.) f. 27, in Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) Borne I was..In Essex layer, in village fayer, that Riuenhall hight.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H2v More hard for hungry steed t'abstaine from pleasant lare . View more context for this quotation
a1598 A. Montgomerie Mindes Melodie (1605) Ps. xxiii. 5 He makes my leare In feelds so fare.
1649 W. Blith Eng. Improver xxii. 139 The Warmest parts of many Pastures, which Sheepe and Cattell chuse alway for their Lieare.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 103 Nature shall provide..Mossy Caverns for their Evening lare . View more context for this quotation
1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Cow You must..fill up the Holes carefully that are in the Cowhouse-yard or Layer.
1811 Risdon's Chorogr. Surv. Devon (new ed.) Addit. 406 Each flock of sheep has its particular range,..These places are called lears.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 105 Low of distant cattle..dropping down to lair.
1865 Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 5/5 These lairs..are tolerably comfortable places, and the cattle have food and water while staying there.
1887 Times 27 Aug. 11/4 Hay, straw, and forage for use in the lairs.
b. for beasts of chase or of prey. at lair: in his or their lair.
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the world > animals > by habitat > habitat > [noun] > dwelling place or shelter
houseOE
denOE
holdc1275
lying-placea1382
coucha1398
homea1398
logis1477
starting-hole1530
cabbage1567
lodge1567
lair1575
lay1590
squat1590
hover1602
denning1622
start-holea1641
bed1694
niche1725
shed1821
lying1834
basking-hole1856
lie1869
homesite1882
holt1890
lying-ground1895
1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie xxxvii. 99 When a Hart hath fed..& wil not go to his layre..he lyeth downe vpon his belly.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I3 All the nimble Citizens of the Wood betooke them to their Laire.
1626 N. Breton Fantasticks sig. B2 The stately Hart is at Layre in the high wood.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vii. 457 Out of the ground up rose As from his Laire the wilde Beast. View more context for this quotation
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 294 Fierce from his Lair springs forth the speckled Pard.
1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lv. 96 They were hunted like wild beasts into their lairs.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise I. ii. 535 In that forest was the lair Of a great boar.
figurative and in extended use.1814 Ld. Byron Lara ii. ix. 899 He had hoped quiet in his sullen lair.1860 W. Collins Woman in White iii. viii. 383 I had stirred in its lair the serpent-hatred of years.1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xxxii. 6 Before the great devouring floods leap forth from their lairs.
c. of other animals.
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1841 R. Browning Pippa Passes Introd., in Bells & Pomegranates No. I 4/1 That mossy lair Of lizards.
1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 33 Every creature,—wren or dragon,—shall make its own lair.
1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling v. 153 A fish feeding in his lair.
5. Agriculture. Nature or kind of soil, with reference to its effect on the quality of crops, or of the animals pastured upon it.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > ground as suitable for cultivation
landc825
earthOE
farmland1357
ox-landa1387
red land1459
lair1519
mainland1686
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xxi. f. 178 The tyllar wyll..shone it as poysonde leyre.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 237/2 Layre of a grounde, terroy[r].
1570 T. Tusser Hundreth Good Pointes Husbandry (new ed.) f. 23v What layer much better than there? or cheaper (thereon to do well).
1610 W. Folkingham Feudigraphia i. viii. 15 Virgill infers the best layer for Tillage to be an Earth which is blackish and darke.
1616 G. Markham tr. C. Estienne et al. Maison Rustique (rev. ed.) i. xxv. 116 Sheepe bred either of a fruitfull ground, and rich leare, or vpon barren ground, and poore leare.
1623 G. Markham Cheape & Good Husb. (ed. 3) 104 Leare, which is the earth on which a Sheepe lyeth, and giueth him his colour, is much to be respected; the red Leare is held the best.
1655 T. Moffett & C. Bennet Healths Improvem. ix. 77 Chuse the Female before the Male [rabbit],..and both from out a chalky ground and a sweet laire.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 135/2 Sheep at their Lear. Some say, Feeding or Grasing.
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 211 Where the soil is so good as to run well to grass good layers are easily formed.
1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 i. 64 Manure is used heavily on clover-layers.
figurative.1565 J. Jewel Replie Hardinges Answeare xii. 478 Lacke of Deuotion, bothe in the people, and in the Priest, is a good leare to breede Masses.1602 N. Breton Wonders worth Hearing (Grosart) 8/1 His Bride and hee were both Rabbets of one Laier.

Compounds

lair-holder n. Scottish the owner of a grave.
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1864 N.B. Mail 2 Nov. The subcommittee of the lair-holders thought it would [etc.].
lair-stall n. Obsolete = lair-stead n.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > within a church
lair-stall1541
lair-stead1559
kirk lair1606
1541 in J. T. Fowler Memorials Church SS. Peter & Wilfrid, Ripon (1888) III. 195 Pro denariis debitis pro le layrestall infra ecclesiam.
1672 in J. Barmby Churchwardens' Accts. Pittington (1888) 338 For laying downe layerstalls, 5s.
† †lair-stead n. Obsolete a grave within a church.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > within a church
lair-stall1541
lair-stead1559
kirk lair1606
1559 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 130 I gyue for my lare stede in the churche iijs. iiijd.
lair-stone n. Obsolete a gravestone.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun] > stone covering grave
stone1303
gravestone1387
through-stonea1400
througha1425
burial-stone?a1500
trough1501
ledgerc1510
tombstone?1520
lair-stone1538
humeta1647
plank1660
ledger-stone1851
flatstone1855
grave-cover1875
hogback1889
1538 Inventory in Archaeologia (1888) 51 71 Itm the laton on the larestones, vd.
1565 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories N. Counties Eng. (1835) I. 247 For his lairstone in ye church iijs. iiijd.
c1632 Inventory Goods All-Saints Church Newcastle in J. Brand Hist. & Antiq. Newcastle (1789) I. 370 One swea tree with two rolles for taking and laying down lairstones.
lair-stow n. Obsolete a burial-place.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > [noun]
buriels854
througheOE
burianOE
graveOE
lairc1000
lair-stowc1000
lich-restc1000
pitOE
grass-bedOE
buriness1175
earth housec1200
sepulchrec1200
tombc1300
lakec1320
buriala1325
monumenta1325
burying-place1382
resting placea1387
sepulturea1387
beda1400
earth-beda1400
longhousea1400
laystow1452
lying1480
delfa1500
worms' kitchen?a1500
bier1513
laystall1527
funeral?a1534
lay-bed1541
restall1557
cellarc1560
burying-grave1599
pit-hole1602
urn1607
cell1609
hearse1610
polyandrum1627
requietory1631
burial-place1633
mortuary1654
narrow cell1686
ground-sweat1699
sacred place1728
narrow house1792
plot1852
narrow bed1854
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 430 Ypolitus ða bebyrigde ðone halgan lichaman on ðære wudewan leger-stowe.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 11414 Me nom alle þa dede & to leirstowe heom. ladden.
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lairn.2

Brit. /lɛː/, U.S. /lɛ(ə)r/
Forms: Also Middle English, 1700s lare, Middle English layre, Middle English, 1800s laire, 1700s laier.
Origin: A borrowing from early Scandinavian. Etymon: Norse leir.
Etymology: < Old Norse leir (Swedish ler , Danish leer ) < Old Germanic type *laizo-n , ? cognate with laimo- loam n.
Now dialect.
Clay, mire, mud. under lair n. under the ground.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > mud > [noun]
laira1340
fanc1340
mudc1400
slutchc1400
slikec1425
slipc1440
slobber1440
sorec1440
slot?a1500
glar?a1513
slubber1570
slab1622
lute1694
lutulence1727
sletch1743
sleek1774
slakec1800
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter lxviii. 18 Out take me of the lare that .i. be not infestid.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 519 O watur his blod, his fless o lair, His hete o fir, hijs and of air.
a1400–50 Alexander 4445 All sall leue ȝow at þe laste and in-to laire worth.
c1440 York Myst. xxxi. 213 One Lazar..Lay loken vndir layre fro lymme and fro light.
1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 276 My short legs could not step ouer this lair or sinking mire.
1787 F. Grose Provinc. Gloss. Laier, soil, dung. Ess. and Suff. Lare, a quagmire. N.
1803 W. S. Rose tr. Amadis de Gaule 76 He sees two damsels o'er the laire advance.
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Lair, mire, dirt.
1893 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Lair, mud, ‘sleck’, quicksand, or any soft yielding surface.
1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags 31 He was covered with the lair of the moss-hags.
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lairn.3

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s layer, 1500s leyar, leire, laire.
Obsolete.
A ewer.
ΘΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > pouring vessel > [noun] > ewer
ewer14..
lair1491
1491 Will of Alis Vaughan formerly Rawlyn (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/9) f. 18 A layer of siluer ouer gilt.
1508 Sponselles L. Marye 25 in Camden Misc. (1895) No salte, cuppe, or layer..set on the borde.
1565 in J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1770) II. 691 The Communion Table was richely furnished with Plate..viz... Two great Leires, garneshed with Stones.
a1604 in H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (1765) I. vii. 181 A fair bason and lair (Ewer) guilt.
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lairn.4

Brit. /lɛː/, U.S. /lɛ(ə)r/, Australian English /leə/
Forms: Also lare.
Etymology: Back-formation < lairy adj.2
Australian slang.
A flashily dressed man, one who ‘shows off’. Also (rare) ˈlairize v. (intransitive) to act like a lair, to show off.
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1935 K. Tennant Tiburon ix. 106 He was also considered something of a lare among the girls.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 42 Lair, a flashily-dressed man.
1941 K. Tennant Battlers iii. 29 But a brainy young lare called ‘the mob’ together on the pavement outside the shop. ‘This can be worked, can't it?’ he asked, displaying his slip.
1953 K. Tennant Joyful Condemned iii. 22 You came lairizing round at our place like you owned it.
1955 H. Drake-Brockman Men without Wives 83 A flash young man. What they call on the goldfields ‘a regular lare’. Hair much slicked, double-breasted coat, patent leather shoes.
1956 J. Wright in Coast to Coast 1955–6 168 But he was what they called a bit of a lair; he couldn't keep a job and had run through three already.
1956 K. Tennant Honey Flow xvi. 188 When they dressed in their best, they looked cheap lares, the type you see leaning against the hotel or the general store.
1973 A. Broinowski Take One Ambassador iii. 31 Two young lairs from the surf club carried their boards down..and tossed them onto the sea. With insolent grace they hopped on.
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lairv.1

Brit. /lɛː/, U.S. /lɛ(ə)r/
Forms: Also Middle English leire.
Etymology: < lair n.1
1. transitive. To prostrate, lay on the ground.
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the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > place in horizontal position [verb (transitive)] > lay flat (on the ground)
layc950
lairc1200
streek1303
to lay lowc1405
prostrate1483
prostern1490
spald1513
prostitute1583
prosternate1593
lodge1597
flatten1712
c1200 Trin. Coll. Hom. 103 Þe rihte bileue and þe soðe luue..ben leirede and slaine on his heorte.
2.
a. intransitive. To lie, repose (on a bed).
ΚΠ
1608 E. Topsell Hist. Serpents 243 Vnder this herbe a Snake full cold doth leare [L. latet anguis sub herba].
b. Of cattle: To go to their lair.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [verb (intransitive)] > go to lair
lair1821
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 74 The berries of the brambly wood..Which, when his cattle lair, he runs to get.
c. transitive. To place in a lair. Also reflexive. To find one's lair.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > sleep > bed related to sleep or rest > lie in bed [verb (reflexive)]
couchc1550
lair1851
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > a secret place, hiding place > put in secret place [verb (transitive)]
plant1610
secrete1749
stash1797
cache1805
lair1851
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > place in house, stall, etc.
stall1390
to take up1482
to put up1607
cote1630
shed1850
lair1890
1851 M. Reid Rifle Rangers i. 13 The jaguar is not far distant, ‘laired’ in the secret depths of the impenetrable jungle.
1853 A. Smith Life Drama x. 183 I'd rather lair me with a fiend in fire Than look on such a face as hers to-night.
1890 Daily Tel. 22 May 5/6 At this moment there are over 7,000 beasts laired in Deptford Market.
d. To serve as a lair for; in quot. 1870 figurative.
ΚΠ
1870 J. R. Lowell Cathedral 51 As a mountain seems To dwellers round its bases but a heap Of barren obstacle that lairs the storm.
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lairv.2

Brit. /lɛː/, U.S. /lɛ(ə)r/
Forms: Also 1500s lare.
Etymology: < lair n.2
1. intransitive. To stick or sink in mire or bog.
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a1572 J. Knox Hist. Reformation Scotl. in Wks. (1846) I. 86 Some Scottismen..not knowing the ground lared, and lost thair horse.
c1600 Diurnal of Remarkable Occurrents (1833) 252 In the quhilk passage ane of thair greit peices of ordinance larit.
1787 R. Burns Poems (new ed.) 200 Silly sheep, wha..thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle.
1805 State, Leslie of Powis 74 (Jam.) His cattle sometimes laired in the waggle.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down
1897 S. R. Crockett Lads' Love xxix. 290 I feared o' lairin' in the moss mysel'.
figurative.1859 Cairns in Life (1895) 438 The subject [origin of Evil] is the deepest bog in which the human mind can lair.
2. transitive. To cause or allow to sink in mire or a morass. Also reflexive.
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c1560 A. Scott Poems (S.T.S.) xx. 46 Thow wald not rest but raik, And lair thee in þe myre.
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 405 They come to ane place callit the Solloun mose..and thair in lairit and mischeiffit thair horse.
1722 A. Ramsay Tale Three Bonnets iv. 30 But, past Relief lar'd in a Midding, He's now oblig'd to do her Bidding.
1832 C. Lyell Princ. Geol. II. xiii. 217 In Scotland, also, cattle venturing on the ‘quaking moss’ are often mired, or ‘laired’.
1875 W. McIlwraith Guide Wigtownshire 76 Watery flows, in which sheep and cattle sometimes lair themselves.
1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders xxiv. 213 They say that King Robert..laired and bogged a hale army o' the English there.
figurative.a1810 R. Tannahill Poems (1846) 83 Some..polemic wight..Wha lairs himself in controversy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

lairv.3

Brit. /lɛː/, U.S. /lɛ(ə)r/, Australian English /leə/
Forms: Also lare.
Etymology: < lair n.4 or lairy adj.2
Australian slang.
To dress flashily, to dress up; to act in a lairy manner. Frequently in past participle (all) laired up.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > dress up or dress elaborately
disguisec1325
quaintisea1333
guisea1400
to dress up?a1513
deck?1521
garnisha1535
trim1594
gallant1614
sprug1622
dizena1625
to dress out1649
bedizen1661
rig1723
trim1756
bedress1821
gaudy1838
buck up1854
garb1868
clobber1887
mum1890
to do up1897
dude1899
toff1914
lair1941
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 42 Lair up, to dress, esp. to don one's best clothes for a festive occasion.
1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. vi. 119 All laired up and its synonym all mockered up may also be noted.
1955 H. Drake-Brockman Men without Wives 83 It's that Rienzi. He's a trimmer. Always laring round. No good to girls.
1962 S. Gore Down Golden Mile 64 He climbs out of the cockpit, all laired up in this red rig-out.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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