These are the meanings of the letters YALE when you unscramble them.
- Ale (n.)
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
- Ale (n.)
An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
- Aye (a.)
Alt. of Ay
- Aye (adv.)
Alt. of Ay
- Aye (n.)
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, \"To call for the ayes and noes;\" \"The ayes have it.\"
- Lay (a.)
A melody; any musical utterance.
- Lay (a.)
A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
- Lay (a.)
Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
- Lay (a.)
Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
- Lay (a.)
Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
- Lay (imp.)
of Lie
- Lay (imp.)
of Lie, to recline.
- Lay (n.)
A law.
- Lay (n.)
A meadow. See Lea.
- Lay (n.)
An obligation; a vow.
- Lay (n.)
Faith; creed; religious profession.
- 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.
- Lay (n.)
The laity; the common people.
- Lay (v. i.)
To lay a wager; to bet.
- Lay (v. i.)
To produce and deposit eggs.
- Lay (v. i.)
To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
- Lay (v. t.)
A job, price, or profit.
- Lay (v. t.)
A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
- Lay (v. t.)
A plan; a scheme.
- 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.
- Lay (v. t.)
A wager.
- Lay (v. t.)
The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
- Lay (v. t.)
To apply; to put.
- Lay (v. t.)
To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
- Lay (v. t.)
To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
- Lay (v. t.)
To cause to lie dead or dying.
- 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.
- Lay (v. t.)
To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- Lay (v. t.)
To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
- Lay (v. t.)
To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
- Lay (v. t.)
To impute; to charge; to allege.
- Lay (v. t.)
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- Lay (v. t.)
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- 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.
- Lay (v. t.)
To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
- Lay (v. t.)
To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
- Lay (v. t.)
To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
- 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.
- Lay (v. t.)
To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
- Lay (v. t.)
To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
- Lea (n.)
A meadow or sward land; a grassy field.
- Lea (n.)
A measure of yarn; for linen, 300 yards; for cotton, 120 yards; a lay.
- Lea (n.)
A set of warp threads carried by a loop of the heddle.
- Ley (a.)
Fallow; unseeded.
- Ley (n.)
Grass or meadow land; a lea.
- Ley (n.)
Law.
- Ley (n.)
See Lye.
- Ley (v. t. & i.)
To lay; to wager.
- Lye (n.)
A falsehood.
- Lye (n.)
A short side line, connected with the main line; a turn-out; a siding.
- Lye (n.)
A strong caustic alkaline solution of potassium salts, obtained by leaching wood ashes. It is much used in making soap, etc.
- Yea (adv.)
More than this; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition of a more specific or more emphatic clause. Cf. Nay, adv., 2.
- Yea (adv.)
Yes; ay; a word expressing assent, or an affirmative, or an affirmative answer to a question, now superseded by yes. See Yes.
- Yea (n.)
An affirmative vote; one who votes in the affirmative; as, a vote by yeas and nays.