laying
noun
- put, set, cause to exist at some location, putting (horizontally)
- have sexual relation with
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈleɪ.ɪŋ/
noun
- The act by which something is laid (in any sense).
“You may get a larger number of eggs within a given time, but the later layings will not give you average good chickens, when you come to hatch such product.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of lay