lying

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LY'ING, participle present tense of lie. Being prostrate. [See Lie.] LY'ING, participle present tense of lie. Telling falsehood. Lying in, being in childbirth. 1. noun The act of bearing a child.
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