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lay to

verb

Definition of lay to 

intransitive verb

: lie to

transitive verb

: to bring (a ship) into the wind and hold stationary

First Known Use of lay to

1796, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense

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lay underwriter

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The first known use of lay to was in 1796

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