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lay to
verb as in blame
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So they lay-to outside the horns of the bay and awaited the dawning.
I had not been out many days when a tremendous gale sprang up which compelled me to lay-to.
Captain Packenham was not a man to run away from either one or the other, so we backed our main-topsail, and lay-to for them.
Close by the islet a schooner yacht lay-to, and a well-manned boat was pulling vigorously for the shore.
The strange vessel backed her topsails and hove-to, while we ranged up and lay-to about a hundred yards off.
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On this page you'll find 59 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to lay to, such as: attribute, charge, chide, condemn, criticize, and denounce.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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