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regular lay

American  

noun

Ropemaking.
  1. a right-handed lay, as of a plain-laid rope.


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But it’s not the regular lay Catholics who have the ultimate say in this.

From Slate • Oct. 29, 2021

John Winters might well indulge in dreams of bucolic bliss; the whalemen, you know, received a substantial bonus on ambergris finds, over and above their regular lay.

From Fire Mountain A Thrilling Sea Story by Springer, Norman

The great fault in her features, which were most classically regular, lay in the monotony and uniform character of their expression.

From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 5 by Lever, Charles James

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