ordinary lay

British  

noun

1. the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope

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Example Sentences

Her father looked keenly at the pale, drawn face, and knew that something more than ordinary lay behind the overwhelming emotion with which she had received him.

From A Pilgrim Maid A Story of Plymouth Colony in 1620 by Taggart, Marion Ames

My after-luncheon visit to Felonsdene was of course professional, but if I had any chance I meant to satisfy an ordinary lay curiosity as well.

From Here and Hereafter by Pain, Barry

They may, however, also serve to give to the ordinary lay reader some idea of the Science of sciences, and perhaps to allure a few towards its study.

From An Introduction to Yoga by Besant, Annie Wood

With funds and knowledge at its disposal, the Church was better able than the ordinary lay seigneur to provide banal mills and means of communication.

From The Seigneurs of Old Canada : A Chronicle of New World Feudalism by Munro, William Bennett

Time and again he would point out defects, which his legal mind detected in the wording of Bills, but which were not perceptible to the ordinary lay mind.

From Reminiscences of Queensland 1862-1869 by Corfield, W. H. (William Henry)