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right-laid
[ rahyt-leyd ]
/ ˈraɪtˌleɪd /
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adjective
noting a rope, strand, etc., laid in a right-handed, or clockwise, direction as one looks away along it (opposed to left-laid).
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Words nearby right-laid
Right Honourable, right in the head, rightish, rightism, rightist, right-laid, rightly, right-minded, rightness, righto, right of asylum
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A boy with a ball in his left hand, and his right laid on his breast.
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