unlaid

[ uhn-leyd ]

/ ʌnˈleɪd /

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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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First recorded in 1425–75, unlaid is from the late Middle English word unleyd.See un-¹, laid

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. Hankins
Occasionally we lighted upon land tortoises, which, with their unlaid eggs, make a very agreeable dish.
Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa|David Livingstone
He has been like a distracted man, a wandering Jew, an unlaid ghost, ever since you have been ill.
Ernest Linwood|Caroline Lee Hentz
Are formed of clean, unchafed yarns, drawn from condemned rope, unlaid.
The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

They relate a very few encounters with trolls—the hideous, unlaid, still embodied dead.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor