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Lait vs Lair - What's the difference?

lait | lair |

As a verb lait

is .

As a noun lair is

mare (female horse) or lair can be .

lait

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) lait, layt, leit, leyt, from (etyl) . More at (l), (l).

Noun

(en noun)
  • Lightning; flash of lightning; a flash.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) laiten, leiten, from (etyl) .

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To seek; search for; inquire.
    • Derived terms
    * (l) ----

    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

    * * * * * * ----