Lay figure. (a) A jointed model of the human body that may be put in
any attitude; -- used for showing the disposition of drapery, etc. (b)
A mere puppet; one who serves the will of others without independent
volition. -- Lay race, that part of a lay on which the shuttle travels
in weaving; -- called also shuttle race.
Lay"er (?), n. [See Lay to cause to lie flat.] 1. One who, or that
which, lays.
2. [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.