Plain-laid

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• Plain

  ·adj A field of battle. II. Plain ·adv In a plain manner; plainly. III. Plain ·superl Open; clear;...

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• Plain

  1) Heb. abel (Judg. 11:33), a "grassy plain" or "meadow." Instead of "plains of the vineyards," as i...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• plain

  n. In Australian use, the word not onlyimplies flatness, but treelessness. 1824. Edward Curr, `Acc...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plain

  to complain. Derb. ...

  A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

• plain

  A term used in contradistinction to mountain, though far from implying a level surface, and it may b...

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• Laid

  ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lay>>. II. Laid ·Impf & ·p.p. of <<Lay>>. ...

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• laid

  A fisherman's name for the pollack. Also, a term in rope-making, the twist being the lay; single-lai...

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• Plain-dealing

  ·adj Practicing plain dealing; artless. ·see Plain dealing, under <<Dealing>>. ...

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• Plain-hearted

  ·adj Frank; sincere; artless. ...

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• Plain-spoken

  ·adj Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. ...

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• currant, plain

  n. See plain currant. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plain currant

  n. a wild fruit, Grewiapolygama, Roxb., N.O. Tiliaceae. 1847. L. Leichhardt, `Overland Expedition,...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• plain wanderer

  n. an Australian bird, Pedionomus torquatus, Gould. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Cream laid

  ·- ·see under <<Laid>>. ...

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• Deep-laid

  ·adj Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans. ...

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• Hawser-laid

  ·adj Made in the manner of a hawser. ·cf. Cable-laid, and see ·Illust. of Cordage. ...

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• Shroud-laid

  ·adj Composed of four strands, and laid right-handed with a heart, or center; — said of rope. ·see ...

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• Water-laid

  ·adj Having a left-hand twist; — said of cordage; as, a water-laid, or left-hand, rope. ...

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• laid aback

  See aback. ...

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• laid to

  A term used sometimes for hove to, but when a vessel lays to the sails are kept full. As in a gale o...

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• laid up

  A vessel dismantled and moored in a harbour, either for want of employment, or as unfit for further ...

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• shroud-laid

  The combination in the larger cordage, also known as hawser-laid. ...

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• twice-laid

  Rope made from a selection of the best yarns of old rope. Also, a sea-dish made of the salt-fish l...

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• Plain of Mamre

  (Gen. 13:18; 14:13; R.V., "oaks of Mamre;" marg., "terebinths"). (See Mamre; Teil tree.) ...

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• cable-laid rope

  Is a rope of which each strand is a hawser-laid rope. Hawser-laid ropes are simple three-strand rope...

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• hawser-laid rope

  Is rope made in the usual way, being three or four strands of yarns laid up right-handed, or with th...

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• water-laid rope

  The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand. ...

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• Pillar, Plain Of The

  or rather "oak of the pillar" (that being the real signification of the Hebrew word elon), a tree wh...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Tabor, The Plain Of

  This is an incorrect translation, and should be THE Oak OF Tabor, Tabor. It is mentioned in (1 Samue...

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• Vineyards, Plain Of The

  This place, mentioned only in (Judges 11:33) lay east of the Jordan, beyond Aroer. ...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• laid on the shelf

  Pawned. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose

• laid up in lavender

  Pawned. ...

  Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose