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See under Laid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; secretly and carefully planned; as, deep-laid plans. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of elaidic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. élaïdique. See Elaine. ] Relating to oleic acid, or elaine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elaidic acid (Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. élaïdine. ] (Chem.) A solid isomeric modification of olein.

a. Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Inlay. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Lay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Laid paper, paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called blue laid, cream laid, etc., according to its color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ugly; loathsome. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This laidly and loathsome worm. W. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. plaide a blanket or plaid, contr. fr. peallaid a sheepskin, fr. peall a skin or hide. CF. Pillion. ] 1. A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. “In plaided vest.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wearing a plaid. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Plaid cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Naut.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Relay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ricinoleic + elaidic. ] Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; -- said of rope. See Illust. under Cordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not laid or placed; not fixed. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest. [ R. ] “Stubborn, unlaid ghost.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not laid out, as a corpse. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unlaid paper. See Laid paper, under Laid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + plaid. ] To deprive of a plaid. [ 1913 Webster ]