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lie(2) (iou) and Dalai Lama (oh)


lie(2) (iou)



lie noun2. In sense 4 also lye. L17.
[from LIE verb1.]
Manner of lying; direction or position in which something lies; direction and amount of slope or inclination; fig. the position or aspect (of affairs etc.). L17.
lie of the land fig. state of affairs, how matters are tending.
S. Baring-Gould The horizontal lie of the chalk beds.
b. The position of a Golf ball to be struck (freq. with specifying word). Also, the angle of the head of a Golf club when the ball is to be struck. L18.
hanging lie: see HANGING adjective.
Times Pitching cleverly short of the green from an awkward lie.
A mass that lies; a stratum, a layer. E18.
a. Room to lie or take cover. rare. M19.
b. The place of cover of an animal or bird. L19.
A railway siding. Chiefly Scot. M19.
An act or period of lying. Chiefly with adverbs (see below). M19.
b. A long etc. period of resting or lying, esp. in bed. Cf. lie-in below. Chiefly Scot. E20.
Comb.: lie-down colloq. a rest (on a bed etc.); lie-in colloq. (a) = a period or act of lying in bed in the morning after one's usual time for getting up (cf. sense 5 above); (b) a form of protest in which the participants lie down on the ground and refuse to move; lie-up the fact of lying inactive in a place. See also combs. s.v. LIE verb1

Dalai Lama (oh)



the Dalai Lama
the leader of the Tibetan Buddhist Religion