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To put on a string or line, hang out to dry (clothes, etc.). Ihaláy (halayá) ang mga linábhan. Hang the washed linen on the line. Halayí iníng písì sang ímo mga panápton túbtub nga magmalá. Hang your clothes on this line till they are dry. Kuháa sa madalî ang mga hinaláy nga ulús, kay malapít na lang ang ulán. Take the clothes off the line at once, for it is coming on to rain. (see sáblay, haláyhay).

To suspend from a horizontal pole, throw over a bar or rod, hang, tie or sling to a spar; that which is suspended. Ihaláyhay ang mga maís, tabákò, etc. Hang the corn-cobs, tobacco-leaves, etc. on a pole. Nagahaláyhay silá sing maís sa idálum sang atóp. They are hanging corn-cobs on poles under the roof. Ang mga bagát, ághò, etc. ginahalayhayán sing masúnsun sang mga maís sa idálum sang atóp sang mga baláy. Bamboos, agho-poles, etc. are often used for hanging up maize-cobs under the roof of houses. May duhá pa silá ka haláyhay nga maís sa íla baláy. They have still two rows of corn-cobs hanging in their house. (see haláy, sáblay).

Caus. of sáblay-to put clothes on a line, etc.

To put clothes and the like over something narrow, so that the ends hang down on both sides. Isáblay ang báyò mo sa salandígan sang síya. Throw your jacket over the back of the chair. Sablayí lang sang ímo panápton ang barandílya sang balkón. Put your clothes over the balustrade of the balcony. (see haláy with the difference, that haláy always supposes a spreading out of what is put over a line, etc.).

A clothes-line, clothes-horse, etc. (see sáblay, bílog).

Line, clothes-line (for drying the wash, etc.). (see sáblay, sabláyan, bílog).

Indian summer, a spell of fine weather that occurs at about the middle of the rainy season (during the month of August or September). The pasabláy usually lasts about a fortnight.

Half-ripe, applied chiefly to coconuts and indicating a stage between being quite ripe (láhin) and very young (malasíp-on).

To snatch, tear away, grasp and pull suddenly, seize with a sudden or swift motion. Ginbúklas sang idô ang kárne nga ákon ginbítbit. The dog snatched away the meat I was carrying in my hand. Indî mo pagbuklasón ang mga butáng nga ginahátag sa ímo, kóndì batónon mo sing mahínay. Don't snatch things given you, but receive them gently, without haste. Ibúklas akó ánay sang hábul nga nasabláy sa alámbre. Kindly pull down for me the blanket hanging on the wire. (see sábnit).

Anything that hangs down or dangles freely, as hair, tendrils, fringes, tassels, etc.; to hang down, dangle. Ang gáway sang kométa. The comet's tail. Nagagáway ang íya bohók sa ágtang. Her hair hangs down over her forehead. Isáblay mo iníng isá ka búgkos nga lánot sa kátre, ápang índì mo (paggawáyon) pagpagawáyon ang íya nga tángkap. Put this bundle of hemp on the bed, but do not allow the ends to hang down. Pagawáyi lang ang likód sang bátà sang íya bohók. Just let the girl's hair hang down her back. (see káway, kábit).

Clothes-line, rope, string, long pole, on which clothes are hung out to dry. (see haláy, bílog, sabláyan, salabláyan).

To pull-, draw-, tug-, haul-, down. Halugúta ang písì, agúd magsákà ang hayáhay. Pull the rope down, so that the banner may go up. Ihalúgut akó sináng kalát nga nagasáblay sa tambárà. Kindly pull down for me that rope hanging from the scaffold. Halugútan mo ang mutón sang kalát, dílì ang kawáyan, kay mataís ang kalát sa bokó sang kawáyan. Draw the rope down over the pulley, not over the bamboo, for the rope will be chafed by the bamboo-joint.

Dim. and Freq. of layáb. To stir, shake, sway, flutter, flap. Nagalayábláyab sa hángin ang mga linábhan sa sabláyan. The wash on the line is flapping in the breeze. Báyò nga layábláyab. A dress that is too wide, sits very loosely. (see karápà).

The midrib of the buri-leaf. It is often inserted across the warp between the sabláyan and bínting in a loom, in order to keep the threads properly aligned.