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lay out1 verb phrase To camp out, spend the night out of doors.
1939 Hall Coll (Hartford TN) Me and a party were on Big Creek a-fishin', layin' out, campin' out in the woods, and we heard somethin' a-hollerin'. Ibid. (Mt. Sterling NC) They had old flint rocks to strike fire out of when they lay out. 1957 GSMNP-23:1:18 We'd go out there and lay out, just me and him ourself.
lay out2 verb phrase To kill (game).
1939 Hall Coll (Smokemont NC) We looked all around the tree and atter while we found [a raccoon] with a flashlight, and we laid him out. 1976 Bear Hunting 261 [I’ve] got an old shotgun down there that’s flat laid the bear out.