lair

  Finnish English Dictionary

lair from English to Finnish

1. pesä

2. piilo, piilopaikka

lair from Finnish to English

1. A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.

2. * {{quote-text|en|year=a. 1881|author=w:Sidney Lanier|title=Strange Jokes

3. * (quote-book)|title=The Medieval Myths|publisher=The New American Library|chapter=Beowulf|location=New York|page=47|passage=“Would you go into the dragon's lair, my peerless Wiglaf?”

4. A shed or shelter for domestic animals.

5. (lb) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.

6. * (RQ:Stoker Dracula)

7. * (RQ:Lindsay Age of Consent)

8. (lb) A bed or resting place.

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11. (lb) A grave; a cemetery plot. (defdate)

12. * 1821, John Galt, ''Annals of the parish, or, The chronicle of Dalmaling'', xlix (page 205 in the 1908 edition):

13. *: (..) but few knew the reason, and some thought it was because the deceased were strangers, and had no regular lair. I dressed the two bonny orphans in the best mourning at my own cost (..)

14. * {{quote-text|en|year=1849|title=The Edinburgh topographical, traditional and antiquarian magazine|page=114

15. * {{quote-book|en|year=1862|author=George Roy|title=Generalship; a Tale|page=58

16. * {{quote-journal|en|date=2018-08-02

17. (lb) A group where artists meet to discuss and practise seduction techniques.

18. (lb) To rest; to dwell.

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20. (lb) To lay down.

21. (lb) To bury.

22. (lb) A bog; a mire.

23. (lb) To mire.

24. (lb) To become mired.

25. (lb) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.

26. (obsolete form of).

27. * (quote-book)

28. lore

29. * "Ower mony a fair-farrant an rare beuk o precious lair" (second line of "The Raven" translated into Scots).

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