unlaidadj.¹n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈleɪd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈleɪd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and lay v.¹

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, laid , lay v.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + laid, past participle of lay v.¹ Compare later laid adj.Compare Old Norwegian úlagðr, and (with reference to eggs) Dutch ongelegd (second half of the 16th cent.), German ungelegt (late 16th cent.).

A. adj.¹

a. That has not been laid (in various senses of lay v.¹ (literal and figurative)); not set down, placed, or put in position.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > not

unput1450

unlaid1467

unset1561

unplanted1615

unmounted1724

uninstalleda1856

the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > not

unlaid1467

unplaced?a1527

placeless1644

unlocated1714

positionless1871

unstowed1884

1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 537 The lenger þat it [sc. the roof-tile] lythe vnleyd the wers it wyll be.

1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 122 The first foundations of the world being as yet vnlayd.

1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis xxxiv. 44 The door's flung off the hooks, the floor's unlay'd.

a1659 F. Osborne Let. in Misc. Wks. (1722) I. B 5 The severest Curse remaining in the custody of Fortune, yet unlaid upon me.

1797 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading III. 511 The said lime is still wholly unlaid upon said estate.

1846 New-Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 23 Oct. He..was seated upon an unlaid stone near a wall at the road-side.

1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 6/1 The spot where the final stone of the great structure yet hung unlaid.

1907 Sunday Post (Boston) 21 Apr. 38/1 The odor of new cement, and unlaid dust and fresh earth.

1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Aug. 229/1 They initiated the study of clinical medicine at a time when the very foundations of chemistry and physics were as yet unlaid.

1994 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Jan. 1/2 A newish working class neighborhood with scruffy open fields and unlaid sewer pipes.

2004 European Sociolog. Rev. 20 405/1 Roads connecting villages to the main highways are often unlaid or are in extremely poor condition.

b. Of an egg: that has not yet been produced or deposited by a bird, insect, or other animal. Cf. lay v.¹ 9.

ΚΠ

1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 125/2 To reckon upon Eggs as yet unlaid, viz. to count Chickens before they be hatch'd.

?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 46 They are hatch'd from Eggs, the Skin of which is as thin as a Hen's unlaid one.

1768 J. O'Brien Focalóir Gaoidhilge-Sax-bhéarla 68/2 Buga'n, an unlaid Egg that has not yet a shell ; or an Embryo-Egg.

1859 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 149 362 The germs of future disease can be detected even in the unlaid egg.

1913 Biometrika 9 456 The environment of the unlaid eggs or differences in the experimental conditions during the larval period.

1962 L. P. Hudson Bones of Plenty (1984) ii. 296 The desultory and witless sounds emitted by a foolish old hen who had neither chicks, unhatched eggs..nor a laid or unlaid egg on her mind.

2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland vi. 163 Bunarrinkuru , female turtle carrying unlaid eggs.

c. slang. Of a person: that has not had sex; that has not succeeded in finding or attracting a sexual partner; (also) that has not been seduced into having sex. Cf. lay v.¹ 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [adjective] > virginal

unknowna1382

maidena1400

untouchedc1400

undefiledc1450

virginal1483

indeflore?a1513

maidenly1530

undeflowereda1533

virginly1548

untwight1558

virgin1560

unravished1563

undeflore1568

unexperta1586

virgin-like1586

vestal1595

virgineous1607

virginian1613

unseduceda1616

indevirginate?1624

zoned1726

virgie1930

unlaid1962

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > of a person: with whom one has had sex > not

unbedded1842

unlaid1962

1962 ‘E. McBain’ Like Love iv. 57 What it all meant was: 1. Gaspipe. 2. Sober. 3. Unlaid... The report made them wonder why Tommy and Irene had taken off their clothes... If they had not made love, why had they undressed?

1977 Sunday Times 27 Mar. 42/2 A thousand places visited and not absorbed, a thousand paperbacks unread, a thousand unlaid airhostesses.

1986 J. Friedman Big Cleanup in Tales of Times Square (1993) 144 To weak-kneed legions of frightened, unlaid men, she was a predator.

1992 Premiere Mar. 79/2 I feel like unless you're truly in love with the person, you shouldn't have it. So I always say I am the most unlaid woman in the world.

2014 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 5 Mar. p2 d He's still a virgin. He gave his heart to a girl in the past, and it left him bitter, emotionally unavailable and, unfortunately, unlaid.

2. Of a hedge: not maintained by having its branches trimmed and interwoven; allowed to grow upwards naturally. Cf. lay v.¹ 6b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped > unpruned

uncorvenc1380

unlopped1570

unbranched1572

unpruned1597

unlaid1613

untrimmed1625

untonsed1819

unpollarded1830

1613 A. Standish New Direct. 35 The toppes [sc. of hedges] being laid so high as cattell cannot reach them, or being vnlayed, may grow vpright.

1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 255 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV If..the shoots are cut toward the bottom growth of the wood as downward in an unlaid one, or against the leaning direction of the layers in a laid hedge.

1906 E. Hussey Girl of Resource iii. 16 It [sc. a hawthorne hedge] had been a boundary fence, and in years gone by a dispute had arisen as to ownership, and so it grew and prospered uncut, unlaid by either party.

1974 New Scientist 5 Dec. 723/2 Unlaid hedges become straggly over time.

2007 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 1 June 8 The unlaid hedge looks substantial from the road, but there are holes at the bottom big enough for a child to crawl through.

a. Of a ghost, spirit, etc.: that has not been laid to rest; unquiet, restless. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. lay v.¹ 3b.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > exorcism > [adjective] > having undergone > not

unlaida1616

unexorcisedc1750

the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to exorcism of > exorcized > not

unlaida1616

unexorcisedc1750

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 279 Guid. Ghost vnlaid forbeare thee. Arui. Nothing ill come neere thee.

1637 J. Milton Comus 15 No evill thing that walks by night..Blew meager hag, or stubborne unlayd ghost..Has hurtfull power ore true virginity.

1671 Bp. S. Parker Def. Eccl. Politie v. 447 In this Posture do they continue to this day, to haunt us with the stubbornness of unlaid Ghosts.

1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 52 Ghosts of unlaid accountants, haunt the houses.

1786 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 381/1 Now unlaid sprites, whose ghostly shadows walk In gory garb array'd.

1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 265 Pagan spirits, by the Pope unlaid.

1835 W. Wordsworth Yarrow Revisited 27 The feudal Warrior-chief, a Ghost unlaid, Hath still his castle.

1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point v. 86 ‘There's Walter,’ said Mrs. Betterton, interrupting him. ‘Wandering like an unlaid ghost.’

1946 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 50 203/1 The unlaid ghost of the genteel tradition still banefully haunts the field of classical archaeology.

2003 P. Read Haunted Earth 15 At this solemn midnight moment, when witches and unlaid ghosts are said to be abroad.

b. That has not been laid in the grave; unburied. Cf. lay v.¹ 8b. rare.In quot. a1637: (perhaps) that has not been prepared for burial (cf. to lay out 2 at lay v.¹ Phrasal verbs). Alternatively this example may perhaps show sense A. 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > laid out > not

unlaida1637

a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxvi. 24 in Wks. (1640) III Parts of me (they judg'd) decay'd, But we last out, still unlay'd.

1938 Prairie Schooner 12 293 He must have known we wanted him to go away instead of hanging around like an unlaid corpse that only the buzzards point out by their circling.

†4. Not covered or plated with something. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered with a layer or coating

unlaid1648

uncoated1663

uncrusted1880

unencrusted1880

1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongebleckt, vnlaid with plates of Lettine.

†5. Scottish. Of wool or a sheep: that has not been smeared with tar, grease, etc. See smear v. 3b. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1768 In Process Furthcoming D. Chalmers against G. Dalrymple 4 He sold to Grizel Dalrymple three packs of laid, and one peck of unlaid wool.

1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 427 The most lofty and beautiful hill..being an excellent pasture for pets or unlaid sheep.

1812 W. Singer Agric. County of Dumfries 580 It [sc. wool] is very white and clean, being unlaid, or not smeared, and well washed.

1850 Scotsman 27 July The competition amongst the Scotch manufacturers and dealers was such as to raise the price of unlaid wool.

6. Of a table, place setting, etc.: that has not been equipped or set out ready for a meal.

ΚΠ

1826 New-Eng. Galaxy 3 Feb. When cold and faint at dinner's chime I enter, all is filled with smoke. The cloth unlaid, tho' past the time.

1845 G. P. R. James Step-Mother II. xlv. 379 His dinner did not seem to have made much progress during his absence, for the cloth was still unlaid.

1925 Winnipeg Free Press 3 Oct. 11/2 ‘Where's the dinner?’ he demanded, looking at the unlaid table.

1935 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 29 June 9/3 When she came to the table and found her place unlaid, she flew into a temper.

2013 J. Beattiey Death of Escort vii. 76 Let's use a table in the lounge bar, Mike, or perhaps they'll let us have an unlaid table in the restaurant.

7. Of paper: not produced using a wired mould; not having a ribbed pattern or texture of the sort produced by this method of manufacture. Cf. laid paper n. at laid adj. a.

ΚΠ

1866 Stamp-collector's Mag. 4 114/1 The known essays are on white unlaid paper.

1881 J. H. Folsom in E. L. Wilson Wilson's Photographics x. 330 The prints to be varnished may be of two kinds, according as they are printed on laid or unlaid paper.

1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. 939/3 Unlaid paper, a trade-term for any felted or wove paper which shows no wire marks.

1997 D. Gerard tr. L. Febvre & H. J. Martin Coming of Bk. (new ed.) v. 159 Perfecting a new process which gave a satin finish to his unlaid paper, known as wove.

†B. n.

Scottish. A blanket made from untarred wool. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) iv. 38 He rolled up his pipes, bag and all, in the blankets above him..—which bag imparted that election-dinner stain to her best white unlaids.

Compounds

(Cf. note at un- prefix¹ 2c.)

C1. With adverbs, as unlaid-down, unlaid-forth, unlaid-off, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > remaining closed or unopened

unopeneda1400

unthirled1435

unlanced1593

unlaid1609

unopening1733

untapped1779

1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ii. 94 How many worthie Princes blouds were shed, To keepe his bed of blacknesse vnlayde ope.

1624 H. Bray Coll. relating Henry Smith (1800) 69 Eight Pounds in the Hundred by the Yeare for soe much of the said Thousand Pounds and so longe as the same..shal be unbestowed and unlaid forth upon Lands to bee purchased as aforesaid.

1801 M. Flinders Let. 6 June in F. M. Bladen Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1896) IV. 385 Finding so material a thing as a sand 3 or 4 miles from the shore, unlaid down in the chart.

1884 Irish Builder 15 Aug. 242/1 Of all the busy pens that illustrated Irish history by essay and song in the stirring years of 1843-1848 only a conspicuous one in Ireland remains unlaid down and unrusted.

1914 Park & Cemetery Apr. 37/2 The fifteen acres, more or less, herinafter mentioned as unoccupied and unlaid-off land, fronting on Main street.

1974 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 21 Dec. c8/1 Some shareholders..might..get the idea that those unlaid-off corporate executives were incompetent.

C2.

unlaid-out adj. not laid out (in various senses corresponding to to lay out at lay v.¹ Phrasal verbs).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out > not

unspread1589

unlaid-out1674

unexpansive1847

1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 62 Though they be unlaid out in themselves, they may be laid out by body laid in.

1744 G. Horseman Precedents in Conveyancing III. 301 The present Residuum of the personal Estate of the said Sir Arthur Alkin yet remaining unlaid out in the Purchase of Lands and Hereditaments.

1781 W. Stevenson Cases in Med. (2nd ed.) iii. 141 Property locked up in our coffers, unlaid out for the good of mankind.

1860 Bentley's Q. Rev. Jan. 472 Aphorisms, as Mr. Mill has said elsewhere, contain truth in this manner—unanalyzed, unlaid-out, undiscriminated.

1922 Papers Lancaster County Hist. Soc. 26 60 It ends in an unlaid out road leading into Paxtan Road.

2005 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 27 Mar. w2 Many adjourned to the PPG Plaza food court to nosh and obsess about deadlines—stories unwritten, pages unlaid-out, hate mail going unread.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unlaid
释义	unlaidadj.¹n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈleɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈleɪd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and lay v.¹ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, laid , lay v.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + laid, past participle of lay v.¹ Compare later laid adj.Compare Old Norwegian úlagðr, and (with reference to eggs) Dutch ongelegd (second half of the 16th cent.), German ungelegt (late 16th cent.). A. adj.¹ 1. a. That has not been laid (in various senses of lay v.¹ (literal and figurative)); not set down, placed, or put in position. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > [adjective] > not unput1450 unlaid1467 unset1561 unplanted1615 unmounted1724 uninstalleda1856 the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > not unlaid1467 unplaced?a1527 placeless1644 unlocated1714 positionless1871 unstowed1884 1467 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 537 The lenger þat it [sc. the roof-tile] lythe vnleyd the wers it wyll be. 1597 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie v. lvi. 122 The first foundations of the world being as yet vnlayd. 1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis xxxiv. 44 The door's flung off the hooks, the floor's unlay'd. a1659 F. Osborne Let. in Misc. Wks. (1722) I. B 5 The severest Curse remaining in the custody of Fortune, yet unlaid upon me. 1797 J. Wentworth Compl. Syst. Pleading III. 511 The said lime is still wholly unlaid upon said estate. 1846 New-Hampsh. Statesman & State Jrnl. 23 Oct. He..was seated upon an unlaid stone near a wall at the road-side. 1872 Daily News 12 Aug. 6/1 The spot where the final stone of the great structure yet hung unlaid. 1907 Sunday Post (Boston) 21 Apr. 38/1 The odor of new cement, and unlaid dust and fresh earth. 1914 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 Aug. 229/1 They initiated the study of clinical medicine at a time when the very foundations of chemistry and physics were as yet unlaid. 1994 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 Jan. 1/2 A newish working class neighborhood with scruffy open fields and unlaid sewer pipes. 2004 European Sociolog. Rev. 20 405/1 Roads connecting villages to the main highways are often unlaid or are in extremely poor condition. b. Of an egg: that has not yet been produced or deposited by a bird, insect, or other animal. Cf. lay v.¹ 9. ΚΠ 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 125/2 To reckon upon Eggs as yet unlaid, viz. to count Chickens before they be hatch'd. ?1740 Importance Jamaica to Great-Brit. 46 They are hatch'd from Eggs, the Skin of which is as thin as a Hen's unlaid one. 1768 J. O'Brien Focalóir Gaoidhilge-Sax-bhéarla 68/2 Buga'n, an unlaid Egg that has not yet a shell ; or an Embryo-Egg. 1859 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 149 362 The germs of future disease can be detected even in the unlaid egg. 1913 Biometrika 9 456 The environment of the unlaid eggs or differences in the experimental conditions during the larval period. 1962 L. P. Hudson Bones of Plenty (1984) ii. 296 The desultory and witless sounds emitted by a foolish old hen who had neither chicks, unhatched eggs..nor a laid or unlaid egg on her mind. 2001 J. Robinson Voices of Queensland vi. 163 Bunarrinkuru , female turtle carrying unlaid eggs. c. slang. Of a person: that has not had sex; that has not succeeded in finding or attracting a sexual partner; (also) that has not been seduced into having sex. Cf. lay v.¹ 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > virginity > [adjective] > virginal unknowna1382 maidena1400 untouchedc1400 undefiledc1450 virginal1483 indeflore?a1513 maidenly1530 undeflowereda1533 virginly1548 untwight1558 virgin1560 unravished1563 undeflore1568 unexperta1586 virgin-like1586 vestal1595 virgineous1607 virginian1613 unseduceda1616 indevirginate?1624 zoned1726 virgie1930 unlaid1962 the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [adjective] > of a person: with whom one has had sex > not unbedded1842 unlaid1962 1962 ‘E. McBain’ Like Love iv. 57 What it all meant was: 1. Gaspipe. 2. Sober. 3. Unlaid... The report made them wonder why Tommy and Irene had taken off their clothes... If they had not made love, why had they undressed? 1977 Sunday Times 27 Mar. 42/2 A thousand places visited and not absorbed, a thousand paperbacks unread, a thousand unlaid airhostesses. 1986 J. Friedman Big Cleanup in Tales of Times Square (1993) 144 To weak-kneed legions of frightened, unlaid men, she was a predator. 1992 Premiere Mar. 79/2 I feel like unless you're truly in love with the person, you shouldn't have it. So I always say I am the most unlaid woman in the world. 2014 Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail (Nexis) 5 Mar. p2 d He's still a virgin. He gave his heart to a girl in the past, and it left him bitter, emotionally unavailable and, unfortunately, unlaid. 2. Of a hedge: not maintained by having its branches trimmed and interwoven; allowed to grow upwards naturally. Cf. lay v.¹ 6b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [adjective] > pruned or lopped > unpruned uncorvenc1380 unlopped1570 unbranched1572 unpruned1597 unlaid1613 untrimmed1625 untonsed1819 unpollarded1830 1613 A. Standish New Direct. 35 The toppes [sc. of hedges] being laid so high as cattell cannot reach them, or being vnlayed, may grow vpright. 1869 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Agric. 1868 255 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 3rd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc.) XV If..the shoots are cut toward the bottom growth of the wood as downward in an unlaid one, or against the leaning direction of the layers in a laid hedge. 1906 E. Hussey Girl of Resource iii. 16 It [sc. a hawthorne hedge] had been a boundary fence, and in years gone by a dispute had arisen as to ownership, and so it grew and prospered uncut, unlaid by either party. 1974 New Scientist 5 Dec. 723/2 Unlaid hedges become straggly over time. 2007 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent) (Nexis) 1 June 8 The unlaid hedge looks substantial from the road, but there are holes at the bottom big enough for a child to crawl through. 3. a. Of a ghost, spirit, etc.: that has not been laid to rest; unquiet, restless. Frequently figurative and in figurative contexts. Cf. lay v.¹ 3b. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > exorcism > [adjective] > having undergone > not unlaida1616 unexorcisedc1750 the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > evil spirit or demon > [adjective] > possessing > relating to exorcism of > exorcized > not unlaida1616 unexorcisedc1750 a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 279 Guid. Ghost vnlaid forbeare thee. Arui. Nothing ill come neere thee. View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 15 No evill thing that walks by night..Blew meager hag, or stubborne unlayd ghost..Has hurtfull power ore true virginity. 1671 Bp. S. Parker Def. Eccl. Politie v. 447 In this Posture do they continue to this day, to haunt us with the stubbornness of unlaid Ghosts. 1780 E. Burke Speech Oeconomical Reformation 52 Ghosts of unlaid accountants, haunt the houses. 1786 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 381/1 Now unlaid sprites, whose ghostly shadows walk In gory garb array'd. 1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 265 Pagan spirits, by the Pope unlaid. 1835 W. Wordsworth Yarrow Revisited 27 The feudal Warrior-chief, a Ghost unlaid, Hath still his castle. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point v. 86 ‘There's Walter,’ said Mrs. Betterton, interrupting him. ‘Wandering like an unlaid ghost.’ 1946 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 50 203/1 The unlaid ghost of the genteel tradition still banefully haunts the field of classical archaeology. 2003 P. Read Haunted Earth 15 At this solemn midnight moment, when witches and unlaid ghosts are said to be abroad. b. That has not been laid in the grave; unburied. Cf. lay v.¹ 8b. rare.In quot. a1637: (perhaps) that has not been prepared for burial (cf. to lay out 2 at lay v.¹ Phrasal verbs). Alternatively this example may perhaps show sense A. 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > laid out > not unlaida1637 a1637 B. Jonson Under-woods lxxvi. 24 in Wks. (1640) III Parts of me (they judg'd) decay'd, But we last out, still unlay'd. 1938 Prairie Schooner 12 293 He must have known we wanted him to go away instead of hanging around like an unlaid corpse that only the buzzards point out by their circling. †4. Not covered or plated with something. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered with a layer or coating unlaid1648 uncoated1663 uncrusted1880 unencrusted1880 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongebleckt, vnlaid with plates of Lettine. †5. Scottish. Of wool or a sheep: that has not been smeared with tar, grease, etc. See smear v. 3b. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1768 In Process Furthcoming D. Chalmers against G. Dalrymple 4 He sold to Grizel Dalrymple three packs of laid, and one peck of unlaid wool. 1793 J. Sinclair Statist. Acct. Scotl. IX. 427 The most lofty and beautiful hill..being an excellent pasture for pets or unlaid sheep. 1812 W. Singer Agric. County of Dumfries 580 It [sc. wool] is very white and clean, being unlaid, or not smeared, and well washed. 1850 Scotsman 27 July The competition amongst the Scotch manufacturers and dealers was such as to raise the price of unlaid wool. 6. Of a table, place setting, etc.: that has not been equipped or set out ready for a meal. ΚΠ 1826 New-Eng. Galaxy 3 Feb. When cold and faint at dinner's chime I enter, all is filled with smoke. The cloth unlaid, tho' past the time. 1845 G. P. R. James Step-Mother II. xlv. 379 His dinner did not seem to have made much progress during his absence, for the cloth was still unlaid. 1925 Winnipeg Free Press 3 Oct. 11/2 ‘Where's the dinner?’ he demanded, looking at the unlaid table. 1935 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 29 June 9/3 When she came to the table and found her place unlaid, she flew into a temper. 2013 J. Beattiey Death of Escort vii. 76 Let's use a table in the lounge bar, Mike, or perhaps they'll let us have an unlaid table in the restaurant. 7. Of paper: not produced using a wired mould; not having a ribbed pattern or texture of the sort produced by this method of manufacture. Cf. laid paper n. at laid adj. a. ΚΠ 1866 Stamp-collector's Mag. 4 114/1 The known essays are on white unlaid paper. 1881 J. H. Folsom in E. L. Wilson Wilson's Photographics x. 330 The prints to be varnished may be of two kinds, according as they are printed on laid or unlaid paper. 1909 Cent. Dict. Suppl. 939/3 Unlaid paper, a trade-term for any felted or wove paper which shows no wire marks. 1997 D. Gerard tr. L. Febvre & H. J. Martin Coming of Bk. (new ed.) v. 159 Perfecting a new process which gave a satin finish to his unlaid paper, known as wove. †B. n. Scottish. A blanket made from untarred wool. Obsolete. ΚΠ a1860 J. Younger Autobiogr. (1881) iv. 38 He rolled up his pipes, bag and all, in the blankets above him..—which bag imparted that election-dinner stain to her best white unlaids. Compounds (Cf. note at un- prefix¹ 2c.) C1. With adverbs, as unlaid-down, unlaid-forth, unlaid-off, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > [adjective] > closed or shut > remaining closed or unopened unopeneda1400 unthirled1435 unlanced1593 unlaid1609 unopening1733 untapped1779 1609 W. Shakespeare Pericles ii. 94 How many worthie Princes blouds were shed, To keepe his bed of blacknesse vnlayde ope. View more context for this quotation 1624 H. Bray Coll. relating Henry Smith (1800) 69 Eight Pounds in the Hundred by the Yeare for soe much of the said Thousand Pounds and so longe as the same..shal be unbestowed and unlaid forth upon Lands to bee purchased as aforesaid. 1801 M. Flinders Let. 6 June in F. M. Bladen Hist. Rec. New S. Wales (1896) IV. 385 Finding so material a thing as a sand 3 or 4 miles from the shore, unlaid down in the chart. 1884 Irish Builder 15 Aug. 242/1 Of all the busy pens that illustrated Irish history by essay and song in the stirring years of 1843-1848 only a conspicuous one in Ireland remains unlaid down and unrusted. 1914 Park & Cemetery Apr. 37/2 The fifteen acres, more or less, herinafter mentioned as unoccupied and unlaid-off land, fronting on Main street. 1974 Alton (Illinois) Tel. 21 Dec. c8/1 Some shareholders..might..get the idea that those unlaid-off corporate executives were incompetent. C2. unlaid-out adj. not laid out (in various senses corresponding to to lay out at lay v.¹ Phrasal verbs). ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > [adjective] > spread out > not unspread1589 unlaid-out1674 unexpansive1847 1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 62 Though they be unlaid out in themselves, they may be laid out by body laid in. 1744 G. Horseman Precedents in Conveyancing III. 301 The present Residuum of the personal Estate of the said Sir Arthur Alkin yet remaining unlaid out in the Purchase of Lands and Hereditaments. 1781 W. Stevenson Cases in Med. (2nd ed.) iii. 141 Property locked up in our coffers, unlaid out for the good of mankind. 1860 Bentley's Q. Rev. Jan. 472 Aphorisms, as Mr. Mill has said elsewhere, contain truth in this manner—unanalyzed, unlaid-out, undiscriminated. 1922 Papers Lancaster County Hist. Soc. 26 60 It ends in an unlaid out road leading into Paxtan Road. 2005 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Post-Gaz. (Nexis) 27 Mar. w2 Many adjourned to the PPG Plaza food court to nosh and obsess about deadlines—stories unwritten, pages unlaid-out, hate mail going unread. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022). unlaidadj.² Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈleɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈleɪd/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unlay v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < unlay v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare laid adj. b. Originally and chiefly Nautical. Of a rope, cable, etc., or the strands of which it is composed: that has been untwisted; caused to untwist or fray. Cf. unlay v., laid adj. b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > coil > uncoiling or unwinding > [adjective] > uncoiled or unwound > untwined or untwisted untwisted1611 untwined1649 unlaid1853 1853 G. Schultz Dict. Terminologie & Locutions de la Marine à Voile et à Vapeur 281/1 Témoins, unlaid ends of a rope. 1870 Times 21 May 14/4 The surplus stores included 160 tons hemp rope..5½ tons unlaid rope yarn. 1919 Southern Engineer Mar. 67/1 The unlaid strand should be cut off. 1943 Motor Boating Mar. 42/2 When unlaid strands tend to untwist, give them a little extra twist as the tucks are made so that the strands keep their strand-like quality and do not appear as a bunch of loose yarns in the finished splice. 2016 B. M. Klebanov & M. Groper Power Mechanisms Rotational & Cyclic Motions v. xxv. 321/2 The unlaid rope end and the socket should be cleaned and dried. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹n.1467adj.²1853
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