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slovo definícia laid (mass) laid - ležiaci, položený, lay/laid/laid, položil, položili laid (encz) laid,kladl laid (encz) laid,lay/laid/laid v: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad laid (encz) laid,ležící laid (encz) laid,položený laid (encz) laid,položil v: Zdeněk Brož Laid (gcide) Laid \Laid\, 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] Laid (gcide) Lay \Lay\ (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laid (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Laying.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See Lie to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust. [1913 Webster] A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. --Dan. vi. 17. [1913 Webster] Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table. [1913 Webster] 3. To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan. [1913 Webster] 4. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint. [1913 Webster] 5. To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit. [1913 Webster] After a tempest when the winds are laid. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 6. To cause to lie dead or dying. [1913 Webster] Brave C[ae]neus laid Ortygius on the plain, The victor C[ae]neus was by Turnus slain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk. [1913 Webster] I dare lay mine honor He will remain so. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs. [1913 Webster] 9. To apply; to put. [1913 Webster] She layeth her hands to the spindle. --Prov. xxxi. 19. [1913 Webster] 10. To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land. [1913 Webster] The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. --Is. liii. 6. [1913 Webster] 11. To impute; to charge; to allege. [1913 Webster] God layeth not folly to them. --Job xxiv. 12. [1913 Webster] Lay the fault on us. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one. [1913 Webster] 13. To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one. [1913 Webster] 14. (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster] 15. (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun. [1913 Webster] 16. (Rope Making) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope. [1913 Webster] 17. (Print.) (a) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. (b) To place (new type) properly in the cases. [1913 Webster] To lay asleep, to put sleep; to make unobservant or careless. --Bacon. To lay bare, to make bare; to strip. [1913 Webster] And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain. --Byron. To lay before, to present to; to submit for consideration; as, the papers are laid before Congress. To lay by. (a) To save. (b) To discard. [1913 Webster] Let brave spirits . . . not be laid by. --Bacon. To lay by the heels, to put in the stocks. --Shak. To lay down. (a) To stake as a wager. (b) To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as, to lay down one's life; to lay down one's arms. (c) To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle. To lay forth. (a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's self; to expatiate. [Obs.] (b) To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] --Shak. To lay hands on, to seize. To lay hands on one's self, or {To lay violent hands on one's self}, to injure one's self; specif., to commit suicide. To lay heads together, to consult. To lay hold of, or To lay hold on, to seize; to catch. To lay in, to store; to provide. To lay it on, to apply without stint. --Shak. To lay it on thick, to flatter excessively. To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows. To lay on load, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs. or Archaic] To lay one's self out, to strive earnestly. [1913 Webster] No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself for the good of his country. --Smalridge. [1913 Webster] To lay one's self open to, to expose one's self to, as to an accusation. To lay open, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal. To lay over, to spread over; to cover. To lay out. (a) To expend. --Macaulay. (b) To display; to discover. (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a garden. (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse. (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength. To lay siege to. (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army. (b) To beset pertinaciously. To lay the course (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. To lay the land (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. To lay to (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor. (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] --Knolles. (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary. To lay to heart, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly. To lay under, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or restraint. To lay unto. (a) Same as To lay to (above). (b) To put before. --Hos. xi. 4. To lay up. (a) To store; to reposit for future use. (b) To confine; to disable. (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a ship. To lay wait for, to lie in ambush for. To lay waste, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay waste the land. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Put, v. t., and the Note under 4th Lie. [1913 Webster] laid (wn) laid adj 1: set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" [syn: laid, set]

podobné slovo definícia laid back (mass) laid back - neformálny laidback (mass) laid-back - bezstarostný, neformálny, uvoľnený laidoff (mass) laid-off - stratiaci prácu, vyhodený z práce lay/laid/laid (msas) lay/laid/laid - laid, lay lay/laid/laid (msasasci) lay/laid/laid - laid, lay adelaide (encz) Adelaide,město - Austrálie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladAdelaide,ženské křestní jméno n: [female] [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad be laid up (encz) be laid up,být jako lazar Zdeněk Brož deep-laid (encz) deep-laid,dobře promyšlený Zdeněk Brož elaidic acid (encz) elaidic acid, n: get laid (encz) get laid,ošukat [sex.] [vulg.] [frsl.] web glen plaid (encz) glen plaid, inlaid (encz) inlaid,vykládaný např. dřevem Zdeněk Brož laid back (encz) laid back,bezstarostný adj: [hovor.] PetrVlaid back,neformální adj: [hovor.] PetrVlaid back,uvolněný adj: [hovor.] web laid bare (encz) laid bare,obnažený laid down (encz) laid down,položený adj: Kkiwiklaid down,usazený adj: Kkiwik laid line (encz) laid line,žebrování n: web laid low (encz) laid low, adj: laid off (encz) laid off,bez práce [fráz.] Pinolaid off,nezaměstnaný [fráz.] Pino laid paper (encz) laid paper, n: laid up (encz) laid up, laid-back (encz) laid-back,bezstarostný adj: [hovor.] PetrVlaid-back,neformální adj: [hovor.] PetrVlaid-back,uvolněný adj: [hovor.] PetrV laid-off (encz) laid-off, adj: laidlaw (encz) Laidlaw,Laidlaw n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad mislaid (encz) mislaid,nesprávně založený Zdeněk Brož overlaid (encz) overlaid,pokrytý adj: Zdeněk Brožoverlaid,překrytý adj: Zdeněk Brož plaid (encz) plaid,pléd n: Zdeněk Brožplaid,přehoz n: Zdeněk Brož relaid (encz) relaid,opakovaně položený Zdeněk Brož the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray (encz) the best-laid plans of mice and men go oft astray, waylaid (encz) waylaid,přepadnout v: Zdeněk Brožwaylaid,vypozorovaný adj: Zdeněk Brož laidlaw (czen) Laidlaw,Laidlawn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad lay/laid/laid (czen) lay/laid/laid,laidv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překladlay/laid/laid,layv: [neprav.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad Belaid (gcide) Belay \Be*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Belaid, Belayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Belaying.] [For senses 1 & 2, D. beleggen to cover, belay; akin to E. pref. be-, and lay to place: for sense 3, OE. beleggen, AS. belecgan. See pref. Be-, and Lay to place.] 1. To lay on or cover; to adorn. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Jacket . . . belayed with silver lace. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 2. (Naut.) To make fast, as a rope, by taking several turns with it round a pin, cleat, or kevel. --Totten. [1913 Webster] 3. To lie in wait for with a view to assault. Hence: to block up or obstruct. [Obs.] --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Belay thee! Stop. [1913 Webster] Cablelaid (gcide) Cablelaid \Ca"ble*laid`\ (-l[=a]d`), a. 1. (Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable. [1913 Webster] 2. Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain. --Simmonds. [1913 Webster] Cream laid (gcide) Cream laid \Cream" laid`\ (kr?m" l?d`). See under Laid. [1913 Webster] Deep-laid (gcide) Deep-laid \Deep"-laid`\, a. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; secretly and carefully planned; as, deep-laid plans. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] Elaidate (gcide) Elaidate \E*la"i*date\, n. (Chem.) A salt of elaidic acid. [1913 Webster] Elaidic (gcide) Elaidic \E`la*id"ic\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]la["i]dique. 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] Elaidic acid (gcide) Elaidic \E`la*id"ic\, a. [Cf. F. ['e]la["i]dique. 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] Elaidin (gcide) Elaidin \E*la"i*din\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]la["i]dine.] (Chem.) A solid isomeric modification of olein. Elaine Hawser-laid (gcide) Hawser-laid \Haws"er-laid`\ (-l[=a]d`), a. Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage. [1913 Webster] Inlaid (gcide) Inlaid \In*laid"\, p. p. of Inlay. [1913 Webster]decorated \decorated\ adj. having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly}; bedaubed; {bespectacled, monocled, spectacled}; braided; {brocaded, embossed, raised}; buttony; carbuncled; {champleve, cloisonne, enameled}; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; {encircled, ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out}; feathery, feathered, plumy; {frilled, frilly, ruffled}; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; {paneled, wainscoted}; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned. Syn: adorned. [WordNet 1.5] inlaid (gcide) Inlaid \In*laid"\, p. p. of Inlay. [1913 Webster]decorated \decorated\ adj. having decorations. [Narrower terms: {beaded, beady, bejeweled, bejewelled, bespangled, gemmed, jeweled, jewelled, sequined, spangled, spangly}; bedaubed; {bespectacled, monocled, spectacled}; braided; {brocaded, embossed, raised}; buttony; carbuncled; {champleve, cloisonne, enameled}; crested, plumed having a decorative plume); crested, top-knotted, topknotted, tufted; crested; embellished, ornamented, ornate; embroidered; {encircled, ringed, wreathed}; {fancied up, gussied, gussied up, tricked out}; feathery, feathered, plumy; {frilled, frilly, ruffled}; fringed; gilt-edged; inflamed; inlaid; inwrought; laced; mosaic, tessellated; {paneled, wainscoted}; studded; tapestried; tasseled, tasselled; tufted; clinquant, tinseled, tinselly; tricked-out] Also See: clothed, fancy. Antonym: unadorned. Syn: adorned. [WordNet 1.5] Interlaid (gcide) Interlay \In`ter*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Interlaying.] To lay or place among or between. --Daniel. [1913 Webster] Laid (gcide) Laid \Laid\, 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]Lay \Lay\ (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Laid (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Laying.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See Lie to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust. [1913 Webster] A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. --Dan. vi. 17. [1913 Webster] Soft on the flowery herb I found me laid. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table. [1913 Webster] 3. To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan. [1913 Webster] 4. To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint. [1913 Webster] 5. To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit. [1913 Webster] After a tempest when the winds are laid. --Waller. [1913 Webster] 6. To cause to lie dead or dying. [1913 Webster] Brave C[ae]neus laid Ortygius on the plain, The victor C[ae]neus was by Turnus slain. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 7. To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk. [1913 Webster] I dare lay mine honor He will remain so. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 8. To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs. [1913 Webster] 9. To apply; to put. [1913 Webster] She layeth her hands to the spindle. --Prov. xxxi. 19. [1913 Webster] 10. To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land. [1913 Webster] The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. --Is. liii. 6. [1913 Webster] 11. To impute; to charge; to allege. [1913 Webster] God layeth not folly to them. --Job xxiv. 12. [1913 Webster] Lay the fault on us. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 12. To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one. [1913 Webster] 13. To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one. [1913 Webster] 14. (Law) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster] 15. (Mil.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun. [1913 Webster] 16. (Rope Making) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope. [1913 Webster] 17. (Print.) (a) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. (b) To place (new type) properly in the cases. [1913 Webster] To lay asleep, to put sleep; to make unobservant or careless. --Bacon. To lay bare, to make bare; to strip. [1913 Webster] And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain. --Byron. To lay before, to present to; to submit for consideration; as, the papers are laid before Congress. To lay by. (a) To save. (b) To discard. [1913 Webster] Let brave spirits . . . not be laid by. --Bacon. To lay by the heels, to put in the stocks. --Shak. To lay down. (a) To stake as a wager. (b) To yield; to relinquish; to surrender; as, to lay down one's life; to lay down one's arms. (c) To assert or advance, as a proposition or principle. To lay forth. (a) To extend at length; (reflexively) to exert one's self; to expatiate. [Obs.] (b) To lay out (as a corpse). [Obs.] --Shak. To lay hands on, to seize. To lay hands on one's self, or {To lay violent hands on one's self}, to injure one's self; specif., to commit suicide. To lay heads together, to consult. To lay hold of, or To lay hold on, to seize; to catch. To lay in, to store; to provide. To lay it on, to apply without stint. --Shak. To lay it on thick, to flatter excessively. To lay on, to apply with force; to inflict; as, to lay on blows. To lay on load, to lay on blows; to strike violently. [Obs. or Archaic] To lay one's self out, to strive earnestly. [1913 Webster] No selfish man will be concerned to lay out himself for the good of his country. --Smalridge. [1913 Webster] To lay one's self open to, to expose one's self to, as to an accusation. To lay open, to open; to uncover; to expose; to reveal. To lay over, to spread over; to cover. To lay out. (a) To expend. --Macaulay. (b) To display; to discover. (c) To plan in detail; to arrange; as, to lay out a garden. (d) To prepare for burial; as, to lay out a corpse. (e) To exert; as, to lay out all one's strength. To lay siege to. (a) To besiege; to encompass with an army. (b) To beset pertinaciously. To lay the course (Naut.), to sail toward the port intended without jibing. To lay the land (Naut.), to cause it to disappear below the horizon, by sailing away from it. To lay to (a) To charge upon; to impute. (b) To apply with vigor. (c) To attack or harass. [Obs.] --Knolles. (d) (Naut.) To check the motion of (a vessel) and cause it to be stationary. To lay to heart, to feel deeply; to consider earnestly. To lay under, to subject to; as, to lay under obligation or restraint. To lay unto. (a) Same as To lay to (above). (b) To put before. --Hos. xi. 4. To lay up. (a) To store; to reposit for future use. (b) To confine; to disable. (c) To dismantle, and retire from active service, as a ship. To lay wait for, to lie in ambush for. To lay waste, to destroy; to make desolate; as, to lay waste the land. [1913 Webster] Syn: See Put, v. t., and the Note under 4th Lie. [1913 Webster] Laid paper (gcide) Paper \Pa"per\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r), n. [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. pa`pyros. Cf. Papyrus.] 1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried. [1913 Webster] 2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance. [1913 Webster] 3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society. [1913 Webster] They brought a paper to me to be signed. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper. [1913 Webster] 5. Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper. [1913 Webster] 6. Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below. [1913 Webster] 7. A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc. [1913 Webster] 8. A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper. [1913 Webster] 9. pl. Documents establishing a person's identity, or status, or attesting to some right, such as the right to drive a vehicle; as, the border guard asked for his papers. [PJC] Note: Paper is manufactured in sheets, the trade names of which, together with the regular sizes in inches, are shown in the following table. But paper makers vary the size somewhat. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster] Note: In the manufacture of books, etc., a sheet, of whatever size originally, is termed, when folded once, a folio; folded twice, a quarto, or 4to; three times, an octavo, or 8vo; four times, a sextodecimo, or 16mo; five times, a 32mo; three times, with an offcut folded twice and set in, a duodecimo, or 12mo; four times, with an offcut folded three times and set in, a 24mo. [1913 Webster] Note: Paper is often used adjectively or in combination, having commonly an obvious signification; as, paper cutter or paper-cutter; paper knife, paper-knife, or paperknife; paper maker, paper-maker, or papermaker; paper mill or paper-mill; paper weight, paper-weight, or paperweight, etc. [1913 Webster] Business paper, checks, notes, drafts, etc., given in payment of actual indebtedness; -- opposed to accommodation paper. Fly paper, paper covered with a sticky preparation, -- used for catching flies. Laid paper. See under Laid. Paper birch (Bot.), the canoe birch tree ({Betula papyracea}). Paper blockade, an ineffective blockade, as by a weak naval force. Paper boat (Naut.), a boat made of water-proof paper. Paper car wheel (Railroad), a car wheel having a steel tire, and a center formed of compressed paper held between two plate-iron disks. --Forney. Paper credit, credit founded upon evidences of debt, such as promissory notes, duebills, etc. Paper hanger, one who covers walls with paper hangings. Paper hangings, paper printed with colored figures, or otherwise made ornamental, prepared to be pasted against the walls of apartments, etc.; wall paper. Paper house, an audience composed of people who have come in on free passes. [Cant] Paper money, notes or bills, usually issued by government or by a banking corporation, promising payment of money, and circulated as the representative of coin. Paper mulberry. (Bot.) See under Mulberry. Paper muslin, glazed muslin, used for linings, etc. Paper nautilus. (Zool.) See Argonauta. Paper reed (Bot.), the papyrus. Paper sailor. (Zool.) See Argonauta. Paper stainer, one who colors or stamps wall paper. --De Colange. Paper wasp (Zool.), any wasp which makes a nest of paperlike material, as the yellow jacket. Paper weight, any object used as a weight to prevent loose papers from being displaced by wind, or otherwise. on paper. (a) in writing; as, I would like to see that on paper. (b) in theory, though not necessarily in paractice. (c) in the design state; planned, but not yet put into practice. Parchment paper. See Papyrine. Tissue paper, thin, gauzelike paper, such as is used to protect engravings in books. Wall paper. Same as Paper hangings, above. Waste paper, paper thrown aside as worthless or useless, except for uses of little account. Wove paper, a writing paper with a uniform surface, not ribbed or watermarked. paper tiger, a person or group that appears to be powerful and dangerous but is in fact weak and ineffectual. [1913 Webster]Laid \Laid\, 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] Laidly (gcide) Laidly \Laid"ly\, a. Ugly; loathsome. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster] This laidly and loathsome worm. --W. Howitt. [1913 Webster] Mislaid (gcide) Mislay \Mis*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mislaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Mislaying.] [1913 Webster] 1. To lay in a wrong place; to ascribe to a wrong source. [1913 Webster] The fault is generally mislaid upon nature. --Locke. [1913 Webster] 2. To lay in a place not recollected; to misplace; to lose. [1913 Webster +PJC] The . . . charter, indeed, was unfortunately mislaid: and the prayer of their petition was to obtain one of like import in its stead. --Hallam. [1913 Webster] Overlaid (gcide) Overlay \O`ver*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. [1913 Webster] When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically: To cover (an object made of an inexpensive metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an expensive metal, especially with silver or gold. Distinguished from to plate, which is done by a chemical or electrical deposition process. [PJC] 3. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. [1913 Webster] This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. --1 Kings iii. 19. [1913 Webster] A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. (Printing) To put an overlay on. [1913 Webster] Plaid (gcide) Plaid \Plaid\, 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]Plaid \Plaid\, 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] Plaided (gcide) Plaided \Plaid"ed\, a. 1. Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. "In plaided vest." --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Wearing a plaid. --Campbell. [1913 Webster] Plaiding (gcide) Plaiding \Plaid"ing\, n. Plaid cloth. [1913 Webster] Plain-laid (gcide) Plain-laid \Plain"-laid`\, a. (Naut.) Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage. [1913 Webster] Platycercus Adelaidensis (gcide) Pheasant \Pheas"ant\ (f[e^]z"ant), n. [OE. fesant, fesaunt, OF. faisant, faisan, F. faisan, L. phasianus, Gr. fasiano`s (sc. 'o`rnis) the Phasian bird, pheasant, fr. Fa`sis a river in Colchis or Pontus.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large gallinaceous birds of the genus Phasianus, and many other genera of the family Phasianid[ae], found chiefly in Asia. [1913 Webster] Note: The common pheasant, or English pheasant ({Phasianus Colchicus}) is now found over most of temperate Europe, but was introduced from Asia. The ring-necked pheasant (Phasianus torquatus) and the green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor) have been introduced into Oregon. The golden pheasant (Thaumalea picta) is one of the most beautiful species. The silver pheasant (Euplocamus nychthemerus) of China, and several related species from Southern Asia, are very beautiful. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) The ruffed grouse. [Southern U.S.] [1913 Webster] Note: Various other birds are locally called pheasants, as the lyre bird, the leipoa, etc. [1913 Webster] Fireback pheasant. See Fireback. Gold pheasant, or Golden pheasant (Zool.), a Chinese pheasant (Thaumalea picta), having rich, varied colors. The crest is amber-colored, the rump is golden yellow, and the under parts are scarlet. Mountain pheasant (Zool.), the ruffed grouse. [Local, U.S.] Pheasant coucal (Zool.), a large Australian cuckoo (Centropus phasianus). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also {pheasant cuckoo}. The name is also applied to other allied species. Pheasant duck. (Zool.) (a) The pintail. (b) The hooded merganser. Pheasant parrot (Zool.), a large and beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus Adelaidensis). The male has the back black, the feathers margined with yellowish blue and scarlet, the quills deep blue, the wing coverts and cheeks light blue, the crown, sides of the neck, breast, and middle of the belly scarlet. Pheasant's eye. (Bot.) (a) A red-flowered herb (Adonis autumnalis) of the Crowfoot family; -- called also {pheasant's-eye Adonis}. (b) The garden pink (Dianthus plumarius); -- called also Pheasant's-eye pink. Pheasant shell (Zool.), any marine univalve shell of the genus Phasianella, of which numerous species are found in tropical seas. The shell is smooth and usually richly colored, the colors often forming blotches like those of a pheasant. Pheasant wood. (Bot.) Same as Partridge wood (a), under Partridge. Sea pheasant (Zool.), the pintail. Water pheasant. (Zool.) (a) The sheldrake. (b) The hooded merganser. [1913 Webster] Relaid (gcide) Relaid \Re*laid"\ (r[=e]*l[=a]d"), imp. & p. p. of Relay. [1913 Webster]Relay \Re*lay"\ (r?-l?"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaid (-l?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaying.] [Pref. re- + lay, v.] To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement. [1913 Webster] Ricinelaidic (gcide) Ricinelaidic \Ric`in*e`la*id"ic\, a. [Ricinoleic + elaidic.] Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid. [1913 Webster] Ricinelaidin (gcide) Ricinelaidin \Ric`in*e*la"i*din\, n. (Chem.) The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid. [1913 Webster]