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▪ I. re-lay, n.2|riː-|
[re- 5 a.]
A re-laid oyster.
1889Pall Mall G. 18 June 3/1 Not one in twenty knows that the majority of so-called real Whitstable natives are imported relays.
▪ II. re-lay, v.2|riː-|
Also relay.
[re- 5 a.]
trans. To lay again, in various senses. Also with out. Hence re-ˈlaying vbl. n.
1590Sir T. Cokaine Treat. Hunting C ij, All Huntsmen are to helpe any hound that is cast out to relay him in againe. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 16/2 If the guttes, with these remedyes, will not relaye ther swellinge. 1700Providence (R.I.) Rec. (1893) IV. 197 The second part of the said land now relaid out is a peece of swampey land. 1796W. Brown Chancery Rep. III. 91 He alone received the 500l., and..no part of it was relaid out in other securities. 1804Nelson 18 Apr. in Nicolas Disp. (1845) V. 502 Perhaps the hawser-laid rope..may if the hemp is good be relaid and made serviceable. 1858Greener Gunnery 143 This necessitates the relaying of the gun after every discharge. 1894Daily News 1 Sept. 6/1 The re-binding of the volumes, the displacement of ‘titles’, and their ‘re-laying’, entailed an immense amount of labour.
b. esp. To lay or put down again (something previously taken up).
1757Smollett Hist. Eng. iii. xii. (L.), As to damaged pavements,..to cause it to be effectually relayed with good materials at their expense. 1829J. Elmes Dilapidations (ed. 3) App. 66 Take up and relay the Portland stone coping. 1862Catal. Internatl. Exhib. II. x. 34/2 It is useful..where a main is being re-laid with the gas or water in the same. 1886Tucker E. Europe 185 The cloth was re-laid, and due regard was paid to the cravings of the famished party. |