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twice-laid, a.
[See lay v.1 37.]
a. Of rope: Made from the yarns of old rope. Also absol. = twice-laid rope.
1592–3Act 35 Eliz. c. 8 (heading) An Acte for the auoiding of deceite vsed in making and selling of twicelayed Cordage. 1669St. Papers, Dom. 280 A cable, and some twice-laid stuff. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. ii. 135 Working up all our junk and old shrouds, to make twice-laid cordage. 1796Nelson in Nicolas Disp. (1846) VII. p. lxix, What [rope] is sent us is the worst I ever saw. The twice-laid we make on board is far preferable. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 56 Nippers are usually made of twice-laid rope.
b. Naut. slang. (See quots.)
1777P. Thicknesse Year's Journey II. xlvi. 110 My entertainment..was half a second-hand roasted turkey, or, what the sailors call, a twice-laid dish, i.e. one which is done over a second time. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Twice-laid.., a sea-dish made of the salt-fish left from yesterday's dinner, and beaten up with potatoes or yams. 1937G. P. Low Sea made Men ii. 35 Bread that had been on one long voyage and had been baked over again. It was called by sailors ‘twice laid bread’, and poor at that. |