Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A laying or spreading out; plan; arrangement.
- noun That which is laid or spread out; a collection of things laid out; an apparatus; a display; a spread: as, a lay-out for dinner, for gaming, or for operations of any kind.
- noun The space occupied or fished over by a haulseine.
- Laid out, stretched, or extended: as, a lay-out line (a long line buoyed at each end, from which baited hook-lines run into deep water).
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Examples
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And yes, the subway itself, does inspire me: perhaps it goes back to admiring George Tooker's subway paintings, but I've begun a series of drawings of different subway entrances, most of which have some unusual aspect in their lay-out as they had to be constructed to fit in odd spaces.
PHOTOS: Thomas McKean's MetroCard Mosaics The Huffington Post 2011
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And yes, the subway itself, does inspire me: perhaps it goes back to admiring George Tooker's subway paintings, but I've begun a series of drawings of different subway entrances, most of which have some unusual aspect in their lay-out as they had to be constructed to fit in odd spaces.
PHOTOS: Thomas McKean's MetroCard Mosaics The Huffington Post 2011
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My point being, would Gandhi be Gandhi without someone to make sure there was a mat for him to lay-out on after the hunger-strike?
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And yes, the subway itself, does inspire me: perhaps it goes back to admiring George Tooker's subway paintings, but I've begun a series of drawings of different subway entrances, most of which have some unusual aspect in their lay-out as they had to be constructed to fit in odd spaces.
PHOTOS: Thomas McKean's MetroCard Mosaics The Huffington Post 2011
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(Keith Hennessey's articles here and here lay-out exactly what the job is all about.)
David Segal: Will We Finally Get a Seat at the Table? Help Pick a Replacement for Larry Summers David Segal 2010
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I wonder particularly about the lay-out of the Central Park West apartment she owned.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Kellow's Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark Throws Radiant Light on the Renowned Movie Critic David Finkle 2011
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I wonder particularly about the lay-out of the Central Park West apartment she owned.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Kellow's Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark Throws Radiant Light on the Renowned Movie Critic David Finkle 2011
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I wonder particularly about the lay-out of the Central Park West apartment she owned.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Kellow's Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark Throws Radiant Light on the Renowned Movie Critic David Finkle 2011
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I wonder particularly about the lay-out of the Central Park West apartment she owned.
David Finkle: Easy Reader: Kellow's Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark Throws Radiant Light on the Renowned Movie Critic David Finkle 2011
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And yes, the subway itself, does inspire me: perhaps it goes back to admiring George Tooker's subway paintings, but I've begun a series of drawings of different subway entrances, most of which have some unusual aspect in their lay-out as they had to be constructed to fit in odd spaces.
PHOTOS: Thomas McKean's MetroCard Mosaics The Huffington Post 2011
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