Lāy'er, n.

(lā'er, 4), n. [From lay, the verb.]

1. One who, or that which, lays.
2. That which is laid; as, (a.) A stratum; a bed; a body spread over another; as, a layer of clay or of sand. (b.) A course, as of bricks, stones, and the like. (c.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation.