Usually means: Occupying a den or hideout.
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  1. lairing: Merriam-Webster
  2. lairing: Collins English Dictionary
  3. lairing: Wiktionary
  4. lairing: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lair)

noun:  A place inhabited by a wild animal, often a cave or a hole in the ground.
noun:  A shed or shelter for domestic animals.
noun:  (figuratively) A place inhabited by a criminal or criminals, a superhero or a supervillain; a refuge, retreat, haven or hideaway.
noun:  (British dialectal) A bed or resting place.
noun:  (Scotland) A grave; a cemetery plot.
noun:  (seduction community) A group where pickup artists meet to discuss and practise seduction techniques.
verb:  (British) To rest; to dwell.
verb:  (British) To lay down.
verb:  (British) To bury.
noun:  (Scotland) A bog; a mire.
verb:  (transitive, Scotland) To mire.
verb:  (intransitive, Scotland) To become mired.
noun:  (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A person who dresses in a showy but tasteless manner and behaves in a vulgar and conceited way; a show-off.
noun:  A surname.
noun:  Obsolete form of layer. [A single thickness of some material covering a surface.]
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