Lȳ'ing, p. pr.

p. pr. of lie. Being prostrate. See LIE. Lying along, lying prostrate; recumbency. “This lying along is an improper posture for piety.” Fuller.— Lying-in. (a.) Being in childbirth. (b.) n. The act of bearing a child.— Lying panel (Arch.), a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal.—Lying to (Naut.), the state of a ship when the sails are so disposed as to counteract each other.