Lair

Meaning

Noun

●

In Animal dwellings:

A place

by a

, often a

or a

in the ground.

●

A

or

for

animals.

●

In Animal dwellings:

A place

by a

or

, a

or a

; a

,

,

or hideaway.

●

In British English:

A

or

place.

●

In Scottish English:

A

; a

plot.

●

In Scottish English:

A

; a mire.

●

In Australian English & New Zealand English:

A person who

in a

but

and

in a

and

way; a show-off.

●

Obsolete form of layer.

Verb

●

In British English:

To

; to dwell.

●

In British English:

To

down.

●

In British English:

To bury.

●

In Scottish English:

To mire.

●

In Scottish English:

To become mired.

Name

●

A surname.

Sourced from

Origin

lair

English

leġer

Old English (ca. 450-1100)

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