lair

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Pure luck had aided him up to this stage, but the bearding of David in his lair was another proposition altogether.

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  1. noun The den or dwelling of a wild animal.
  2. noun A den or hideaway.
  3. noun Obsolete A resting place; a couch.

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den ·  cavern ·  nook ·  maw ·  dungeon ·  fang ·  glade ·  stronghold ·  grotto ·  retreat ·  haunt ·  ravine

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lair:   lairs
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  1. Middle English, from Old English leger; see legh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Also in some senses layer, which is partly differentiated; from Middle English leir, from Anglo-Saxon leger, a couch, bed, lair (= Dutch leger, a couch, bed, lair, = Old High German legar, a couch, Middle High German leger, lägar, læger, German lager, a couch, bed, place of lying, storehouse (see lager-beer), = Gothic (Moesogothic) ligrs, a couch), from licgan, lie: see lie. Cf. layer, leaguer.
  2. from Middle English laire, layre, lare, from Icelandic leir = Swedish Danish ler, clay, mire.
  3. from lair, n.
  4. lair, n.
 

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