These are the meanings of the letters LYA when you unscramble them.
            
                
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                    Lay (a.)
                    
                        A melody; any musical utterance.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (a.)
                    
                        A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (a.)
                    
                        Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession;   unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (a.)
                    
                        Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (a.)
                    
                        Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy;   as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (imp.)
                    
                        of Lie
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (imp.)
                    
                        of Lie, to recline.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (n.)
                    
                        A law.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (n.)
                    
                        A meadow. See Lea.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (n.)
                    
                        An obligation; a vow.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (n.)
                    
                        Faith; creed; religious profession.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (n.)
                    
                        That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been   laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of   stone or wood.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (n.)
                    
                        The laity; the common people.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. i.)
                    
                        To lay a wager; to bet.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. i.)
                    
                        To produce and deposit eggs.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. i.)
                    
                        To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to   lay aloft.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        A job, price, or profit.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        A plan; a scheme.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as,   when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        A wager.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To apply; to put.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to   exorcise, as an evil spirit.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To cause to lie dead or dying.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against   something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the   table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to   assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on   one.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To impute; to charge; to allege.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To place (new type) properly in the cases.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing   stone.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with   regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to   lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to   lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a   particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their   proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
                    
                 
                
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                    Lay (v. t.)
                    
                        To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.