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Webster 1913 Edition
Layer
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.
4.
An artificial oyster bed.
Webster 1828 Edition
Layer
LA'YER
,Noun.
1.
A stratum; a bed; a body spread over another; as a layer of clay or of sand.2.
A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.3.
A hen that lays eggs.