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Unlaid   Listen
adjective
Unlaid  adj.  
1.
Not laid or placed; not fixed.
2.
Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest. (R.) "Stubborn, unlaid ghost."
3.
Not laid out, as a corpse. (R.)
Unlaid paper. See Laid paper, under Laid.






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"Unlaid" Quotes from Famous Books



... observed some driftwood on the beach. They had passed some low shrubs, with thick stems, of a bamboo character, and they would assist to make the platform for the raft if a framework could be formed. The rope, by being unlaid, would serve to bind the raft together. No time was to be lost. Paul set off for the spar, while the other two, making signals to their friends that they would try to help them, went along the shore to collect what wood they could find. There was plenty of driftwood ...
— Paul Gerrard - The Cabin Boy • W.H.G. Kingston

... saying is common to many countries. "Don't cry herrings till they are in the net."—Dutch. "Don't sell the bearskin before you have caught the bear."—Italian. "Unlaid eggs ...
— The Proverbs of Scotland • Alexander Hislop



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