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Lair vs Lai - What's the difference?

lair | lai |

As nouns the difference between lair and lai

is that lair is mare (female horse) or lair can be while lai is interest.

lair

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
  • (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain.
  • * 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
    • ...Van Helsing stood up and said, "Now, my dear friends, we go forth to our terrible enterprise. Are we all armed, as we were on that night when first we visited our enemy's lair . Armed against ghostly as well as carnal attack?"

    Synonyms

    * (of an animal''): burrow (''of some smaller mammals''), den (''of a lion or tiger ) * (of a criminal ): den, hide-out

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Scotland) To mire.
  • (Scotland) To become mired.

    • Anagrams

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    lai

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (historical) A mostly North European form of medieval song, with stanzas that do not repeat.

    • See also

    * ("lai" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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