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layer
1382, "one who or that lays" (especially stones, "a mason"), from
lay
(v.). Passive sense of "that which is laid" first recorded 1615, but since earliest Eng. use was in cookery, this is perhaps from Fr.
liue
"binding," used of a thickened sauce.
