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laid

/leɪd/ adjective B1
  1. Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
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Where none but elders laid their head;
A Child's Garden of Verses, p. 24 · C1
“I didn’t know it was _your_ table,” said Alice; “it’s laid for a great many more than three.”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 49 · B2
The King laid his hand upon her arm, and timidly said “Consider, my dear: she is only a child!”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 60 · B2
And then Joe, with the air of a Monte Cristo, drew forth a ten, a five, a two and a one—all legal tender notes—and laid them beside Delia’s earnings.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 5 · C1

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