Lay"land` (?), n. [Lay a meadow + land.] Land lying untilled; fallow
ground. [Obs.] Blount.
Lay"man (?) n.; pl. Laymen (&?;). [Lay, adj. + man.] 1. One of the
people, in distinction from the clergy; one of the laity; sometimes, a
man not belonging to some particular profession, in distinction from
those who do.
Being a layman, I ought not to have concerned myself with
speculations which belong to the profession.
Dryden.