<span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> (not comparable) (nautical, of rope) Consisting of three strands twisted together right-handed (turning in a clockwise direction). hawser-laid...
three strands twisted together, usually right-handed (turning in a clockwise direction). <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> cable-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> shroud-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> Rope on Wikipedia.Wikipedia...
direction). Twisted after the manner of a cable. a cable-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> gold chain hawser-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> shroud-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> ^ 1858, Peter Lund Simmonds, The Dictionary of Trade...
running through the center: and (3) cable-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> rope, hawser-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> or water-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span>, composed of three or four <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> ropes twisted together. 1951, Great Britain...
to a planidium or anything similar Planidial instars generally are highly sclerotized and have functional legs or other means of locomotion. <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span>...
plain film <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> flour <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-hearted <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> Jane <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> leaf warbler <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> line <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> loaf <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-looking plainly <span class="searchmatch">plainness</span> <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> old <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> old data...
normally used is the British Standard 75-lb. flat-bottom rail, which is <span class="searchmatch">laid</span> on cast-iron bearing plates and on <span class="searchmatch">plain</span> tracks is secured by steel dog spikes....
composed, <span class="searchmatch">laid</span>-back, placid, serene, tranquil, untroubled (antonym(s) of “elaborate”): austere, bare, conservative, denuded, modest, naked, <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>, simple...
overlay <span class="searchmatch">plain</span>-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> re-lay shroud-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> the best <span class="searchmatch">laid</span> plans of mice and men go oft astray the best <span class="searchmatch">laid</span> plans of mice and men often go awry twice-<span class="searchmatch">laid</span> water-laid...
distractedly) In a distracted manner. 1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary on the <span class="searchmatch">Plains</span>, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 147: [S]he flaps distractedly past us...