lyings

Noun (1)

lying (plural lyings)

1. The act of one who lies, or keeps low to the ground.
   • But whom could the lyings in wait of the human heart escape?1854, Saint Augustine, Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXIV, translated by Philip Schaff et al.

Noun (2)

lying (plural lyings)

1. An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
   • [W]hether a man would fain be pleased with sin, or be quiet and fearless when he hath sinned, or continue in it, or persuade others to it, he must do it by false propositions, by lyings, and such weak discourses as none can believe but such as are born fools, or such as have made themselves so, or...1653, “Twenty-five Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Winter Half-year, […]: Sermon XX. [Apples of Sodom; or, The Fruits of Sin.] Part II.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of...

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