lair

suomi-englanti sanakirja

lair englannista suomeksi

1. pesä

1. pesä

2. piilo, piilopaikka

2. Substantiivi

lair englanniksi

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=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. 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. A bed or resting place.

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10. A grave; a cemetery plot. (defdate)

11. 1821, John Galt, ''Annals of the parish, or, The chronicle of Dalmaling'', xlix (page 205 in the 1908 edition):

(..) 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 (..)

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

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

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15. A group where artists meet to discuss and practise seduction techniques.

16. To rest; to dwell.

17. To down.

18. To bury.

19. A bog; a mire.

20. To mire.

21. To become mired.

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

23. (obsolete form of).

24. (quote-book)

25. lore

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