unlaid
[ uhn-leyd ]
adjective
not laid or placed: The table is still unlaid.
(of dead bodies) not laid out; not prepared for burial.
not laid to rest, as a spirit.
untwisted, as a rope.
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How to use unlaid in a sentence
She had unlaid one of her black braids and was replaiting it again after the havoc wrought by the prickly bushes.
The Heritage of the Hills | Arthur P. HankinsOccasionally we lighted upon land tortoises, which, with their unlaid eggs, make a very agreeable dish.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa | David LivingstoneHe has been like a distracted man, a wandering Jew, an unlaid ghost, ever since you have been ill.
Ernest Linwood | Caroline Lee HentzAre formed of clean, unchafed yarns, drawn from condemned rope, unlaid.
The Sailor's Word-Book | William Henry SmythThey relate a very few encounters with trolls—the hideous, unlaid, still embodied dead.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II) | Henry Osborn Taylor
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