lay forward

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He lay forward cramping himself against the line with all of his body, putting all his weight onto his right hand, and he was asleep.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway

As it flashed the doctor leaned towards Julian, who lay forward with his arms stretched along the table.

From Flames by Hichens, Robert Smythe

It was getting on to ten o'clock now, and he sat, or, rather, lay forward with his head in his arms over the desk under the lighted lamp.

From The Night Operator by Packard, Frank L. (Frank Lucius)

Every horseman lay forward on the neck of his horse, caps fell, capes flew, and in mid-course every one fancied he was going to win.

From A Hungarian Nabob by Bain, R. Nisbet (Robert Nisbet)

To come or go; as, lay aloft, lay forward, lay aft, lay out.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir