'laying out' definitions:

Definition of 'laying out'

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  • Floating \Float"ing\, n.
  • 1. (Weaving) Floating threads. See Floating threads, above. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. --Knight. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The process of rendering oysters and scallops plump by placing them in fresh or brackish water; -- called also fattening, plumping, and laying out. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Floating charge