lay a child

lay a child
   obsolete British
   to apply a cure for rickets
   It was necessary to take the child to a smithy where three smiths of the same name worked and there subject it to procedures which are detailed in the EDD, none of which we would view with confidence today.

How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms. . 2014.

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