Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

204. Layer — N. layer, stratum, strata, course, bed, zone, substratum,

substrata, floor, flag, stage, story, tier, slab, escarpment; table, tablet; dess†; flagstone; board, plank; trencher, platter. plate; lamina, lamella; sheet, foil; wafer; scale, flake, peel; coat, pellicle; membrane, film; leaf; slice, shive†, cut, rasher, shaving, integument &c (covering) 223; eschar†. stratification, scaliness, nest of boxes, coats of an onion. monolayer; bilayer; trilayer [Bioch.]. V. slice, shave, pare, peel; delaminate; plate, coat, veneer; cover &c 223. Adj. lamellar, lamellated†, lamelliform†, layered; laminated, laminiferous†; micaceous†; schistose, schistous†; scaly, filmy, membranous, pellicular, flaky, squamous [Anat.]; foliated, foliaceous†; stratified, stratiform; tabular, discoid; spathic†, spathose†. trilamellar†. graphitic†.