Lāir, n.

n. [Ger. lager, couch, lair; M. Ger. läger, M. H. Ger. leger, O. H. Ger. tegar, Goth. ligrs, allied to Gr. λέχος, a couch, bed, bird’s nest.]

1Sense 1. A place in which to lie or rest, especially the bed or couch of a wild beast.

Up from the ground uprose, As from his lair, the wild beast. Milton.

2Sense 2. Any couch or resting-place.

Upon a lair, composed of straw with a blanket stretched over it, lay a figure. W. Scott.

3Sense 3. Pasture for beasts, and the ground where it grows; hence, sometimes, food. Spenser.