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laiting

laiting is the present participle and gerund of lait.

Meaning of lait

Verb

lait (third-person singular simple present laits, present participle laiting, simple past and past participle laited)

  1. (UK, ambitransitive, dialectal, obsolete) To seek; search for; inquire.
    • By neeght, o' my bed, I laited him, at my sowl luvs : I laited him, but I dudn't find um.1862, Song of Solomon, in Twenty-four English Dialects, page 282 (Westmorland dialect)

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Questions about laiting

What is laiting the present participle and gerund of?
Laiting is the present participle and gerund of lait.

Words near laiting in the dictionary

  1. laiths
  2. Laithwaite
  3. laities
  4. Laitinen
  5. Laitinens
  6. laiting
  7. Laitonjam
  8. laits
  9. laity
  10. Laius
  11. LAIV

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