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• laid — laid, laide [ lɛ, lɛd ] adj. • XVIe; lait « hideux » 1080; frq. °laith;cf. a. all. leid « désagréable » 1 ♦ Qui produit une impression désagréable en heurtant le sens esthétique, ou qui, simplement, s écarte de l idée que l on a de la beauté. ⇒… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• laid, lain — Laid is the past tense and past participle of lay. Lain is the past participle of Choice between laid and lain, therefore, depends upon which verb is involved. The primary meaning of the verb lay is to set down, to put or place in a horizontal… …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• laid papers —    Papers with a patterned texture of parallel impressed lines in each sheet. This pattern results from the pulp resting against wires on the mold screen as the paper is made. Chain lines are farther apart and run parallel with the grain… …   Glossary of Art Terms

• laid paper — noun Date: 1839 paper watermarked with fine lines running across the grain compare wove paper …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• laid paper — noun writing paper having a watermark of fine lines running across the grain • Hypernyms: ↑writing paper …   Useful english dictionary

• Cradle (grain) — A reaper with a cradle scythe; original painting by Ernst Henseler (1852–1940) A cradle (also called cradle scythe, or grain cradle) is an agricultural tool, a form of the scythe, used to reap grain. It is a scythe with an arrangement of fingers… …   Wikipedia

• laide — ● laid, laide adjectif (francique laid, désagréable) Dont l aspect heurte le sens esthétique, l idée qu on a du beau : Un visage laid. Qui s écarte des bienséances, ou de ce qu on pense être bien, moral, honnête : Une histoire assez laide. ● laid …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• china — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. a translucent ceramic material, biscuit fired at a high temperature, its glaze fired at a low temperature. 2. any porcelain ware. 3. plates, cups, saucers, etc., collectively. 4. figurines made of porcelain or ceramic material …   Universalium

• China — /chuy neuh/, n. 1. People s Republic of, a country in E Asia. 1,221,591,778; 3,691,502 sq. mi. (9,560,990 sq. km). Cap.: Beijing. 2. Republic of. Also called Nationalist China. a republic consisting mainly of the island of Taiwan off the SE coast …   Universalium

• Italy — /it l ee/, n. a republic in S Europe, comprising a peninsula S of the Alps, and Sicily, Sardinia, Elba, and other smaller islands: a kingdom 1870 1946. 57,534,088; 116,294 sq. mi. (301,200 sq. km). Cap.: Rome. Italian, Italia. * * * Italy… …   Universalium

• Hundred of Hoo Railway — The Hundred of Hoo Railway is a railway line in Kent, following the North Kent Line from Gravesend before diverging at Hoo Junction near Shorne Marshes and continuing in an easterly direction across the Hoo Peninsula, passing near the villages of …   Wikipedia