To lay (a person) flat. Also (now dialect), to straighten the limbs (of a dead person); to ‘lay out’ for burial (= streek, v. 2); (slang), to kill…
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释义 | the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > lay out (6) stretcha1225 To lay (a person) flat. Also (now dialect), to straighten the limbs (of a dead person); to ‘lay out’ for burial (= streek, v. 2); (slang), to kill… streek1303 transitive. To lay prostrate; to lay out (a corpse). Also with out. Cf. stretch, v. 1b. to lay out1595 To stretch out and prepare (a body) for burial; hence (slang) to stretch out in death, to lay low, to ‘do for’; figurative to put ‘hors de combat’… composea1677 To lay out (a dead body). straight1725 transitive. To make straight, straighten. In later use chiefly Scottish, to straighten (a stream, a boundary), to lay out (a corpse). stroke1898 transitive. To lay out (a corpse). Also with out. |
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