*ayer*

n. One who, or that which, allays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who arrays. In some early English statutes, applied to an officer who had care of the soldiers' armor, and who saw them duly accoutered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assays. Specifically: One who examines metallic ores or compounds, for the purpose of determining the amount of any particular metal in the same, especially of gold or silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an athlete who plays baseball.
Syn. -- baseball player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, betrays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, bewrays; a revealer. [ Obs. or Archaic ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An implement for braying and spreading ink in hand printing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that brays like an ass. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Brick + lay. ] One whose occupation is to build with bricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bricklayer's itch. See under Itch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an electronic device containing a laser, used to read or play back the data on a compact disk. The term is usually used for the type of device used to play music recordings. That used for data storgage n coputer applications is usually called a CD drive. Called also CD player and informally, CD.
Syn. -- CD player. [ PJC ]

n. [ Sp. contrayerba, literally, a counter herb, hence, an antidote for poison, fr. l. contra + herba herb. ] (Bot.) A species of Dorstenia (Dorstenia Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. See Crare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A causer of decay. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pays off expenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who delays; one who lingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, displays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the lowest region of the ionosphere (35 to 50 miles up) that reflects low-frequency radio waves.
Syn. -- D region. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who essays. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who strips off the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes or joins in a foray. [ 1913 Webster ]

They might not choose the lowland road,
For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. “To convince the gainsayers.” Tit. i. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who inlays, or whose occupation it is to inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lay to cause to lie flat. ] 1. One who, or that which, lays. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An artificial oyster bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. arranged in layers.
Syn. -- superimposed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A propagating by layers. Gardner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anatomy), The innermost layer of the epidermis.
Syn. -- stratum germinativum, rete Malpighii. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who kills a human being; one who commits manslaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. LL. medietarius, fr. L. medius middle, half. See Mid, a. ] One who cultivates land for a share (usually one half) of its yield, receiving stock, tools, and seed from the landlord; a type of sharecropper. [ France & Italy ] Milman. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. a ship equipped for laying underwater mines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who mislays. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who overlays; that with which anything is overlaid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pays; specifically, the person by whom a bill or note has been, or should be, paid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., or . 1. One who lays conducting pipes in the ground, as for water, gas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Polit. Cant) A politician who works in secret; -- in this sense, usually written as one word. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who plays, or amuses himself; one without serious aims; an idler; a trifler. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who plays any game. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dramatic actor. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One who plays on an instrument of music. “A cunning player on a harp.” 1 Sam. xvi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A gamester; a gambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys.
Syn. -- mechanical piano, Pianola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who portrays. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prays; a supplicant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. preiere, OF. preiere, F. prière, fr. L. precarius obtained by prayer, fr. precari to pray. See Pray, v. i. ] 1. The act of praying, or of asking a favor; earnest request or entreaty; hence, a petition or memorial addressed to a court or a legislative body. “Their meek preyere.” Chaucer [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of addressing supplication to a divinity, especially to the true God; the offering of adoration, confession, supplication, and thanksgiving to the Supreme Being; as, public prayer; secret prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

As he is famed for mildness, peace, and prayer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The form of words used in praying; a formula of supplication; an expressed petition; especially, a supplication addressed to God; as, a written or extemporaneous prayer; to repeat one's prayers. [ 1913 Webster ]

He made those excellent prayers which were published immediately after his death. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prayer book, a book containing devotional prayers. --
Prayer meeting, a meeting or gathering for prayer to God. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Petition; orison; supplication; entreaty; suit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to prayer; praying much or often; devotional. “The prayerful man.” J. S. Blackie. -- Prayer"ful*ly, adv. -- Prayer"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer. “The next time you go prayerless to bed.” Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Prayer"less*ly, adv. -- Prayer"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pays rates or taxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who says; an utterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mr. Curran was something much better than a sayer of smart sayings. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } One that starts from the scratch; hence, one of first-rate ability. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who slays; a killer; a murderer; a destroyer of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A mantis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Soothsayer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One that sprays; any instrument for vaporizing and spraying liquids. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]