Lying, p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lie, to tell a falsehood.
1 other Webster entry under this spelling
Lying, p. pr. & vb. n.
of Lie, to be supported horizontally. Lying panel (Arch.), a panel in which the grain of the wood is horizontal. [R.] -- Lying to (Naut.), having the sails so disposed as to counteract each other.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for lying; he lists it under deception.
Where he writes about it:
A lie, lying, or falsehood, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. — from deception
Falsehood and lying are in utterance; deceit and deception may be merely in act or implication. — from deception