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 Lying Traveller (The).Lying for the Whetstone. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Lying by the Wall.
 
Dead but not buried. Anglo-Saxon, wæl (death). He is lying with the dead.   1
 


 Lying Traveller (The).Lying for the Whetstone. 

 
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