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–noun

1.	a den or resting place of a wild animal: The cougar retired to its lair.

2.	a secluded or hidden place, esp. a secret retreat or base of operations; a hideout or hideaway: a pirate's lair.

3.	British. a place in which to lie or rest; a bed.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to place in a lair.

5.	to serve as a lair for.

–verb (used without object)

6.	to go to, lie in, or have a lair.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME leir, OE leger; c. D, OHG leger bed, camp; akin to lie²

]

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–noun

1.	British Dialect. mud; mire.

–verb (used without object)

2.	Scot. to sink or stick in mud or mire.

[Origin: 1250–1300; v. use of ME lair clay, mire < ON leir clay, loam

]

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–noun Chiefly Scot.

lore; learning.

[Origin: ME (north and Scots) lare, OE lār lore

]

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–noun Australian Informal.

a man who dresses garishly and is crude or vulgar; showoff.

[Origin: 1930–35; back formation from lairy

]

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n.

The den or dwelling of a wild animal.
A den or hideaway.
Obsolete A resting place; a couch.

[Middle English, from Old English leger; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

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O.E. leger "bed, couch, grave, act or place of lying down," from P.Gmc. *legran (cf. O.N. legr, O.Fris. legor, O.H.G. legar, Ger. Lager, Goth. ligrs "place of lying"), from *leg-, the root of lie (q.v.). Meaning "animal's den" is from c.1420.

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lair
noun
the habitation of wild animals

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lair [leə] noun

the den of a wild beast
Example: The bear had its lair among the rocks at the top of the valley.

Arabic:	مأوى، عَرين
Chinese (Simplified):	兽穴, 窝
Chinese (Traditional):	獸穴, 窩
Czech:	brloh
Danish:	hule
Dutch:	hol
Estonian:	urg, pesa
Finnish:	pesä
French:	tanière
German:	das Lager
Greek:	φωλιά αγριμιού
Hungarian:	odú
Icelandic:	bæli, greni
Indonesian:	sarang binatang liar
Italian:	tana

Japanese:	ねぐら
Korean:	짐승의 굴
Latvian:	midzenis; ala
Lithuanian:	urvas, irštva
Norwegian:	hule, hi, leie
Polish:	nora
Portuguese (Brazil):	covil
Portuguese (Portugal):	covil
Romanian:	vizuină, bârlog
Russian:	логово, берлога
Slovak:	brloh
Slovenian:	brlog
Spanish:	guarida
Swedish:	lya, kula, håla
Turkish:	in

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Lair

Be*lea"guer\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Beleaguered; p. pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering.] [D. belegeren (akin to G. belagern, Sw. bel["a]gra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair.] To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade.

The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. --Longfellow.

Syn: To block up; environ; invest; encompass.

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