LAYER
NOUNS
► LAIN a layer, a stratum → 1577 obs.
► LAY-BED a layer, a stratum → 1728 obs.
► LAYING a layer, stratum → 1847 Eng. dial.
► LIGGER a layer → 19C Eng. dial.
► STELCH a layer, a row, a section of anything above the other parts → 1896 Eng. dial. (Bk.)