Allay vs Lane - What's the difference?
allay | lane |
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
(obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark IV:
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet alleviation; abatement; check
A narrow passageway between fences, walls, hedges or trees
A lengthwise division of roadway intended for a single line of vehicles
A similar division of a racetrack to keep runners apart
A course designated for ships or aircraft
(card games) An empty space in the tableau, formed by the removal of an entire row of cards.
As verbs the difference between allay and lane
is that allay is to make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm while lane is borrow.As a noun allay
is alleviation; abatement; check.allay
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- to allay popular excitement
- to allay the tumult of the passions
- to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
- And the wynde alayed , and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?
- When the rage allays .
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Quotations
He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet
