单词 | re-lay |
释义 | re-layv.2 1. a. transitive. To lay (out) again or differently. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting with hounds > hunt with hounds [verb (transitive)] > put on scent re-lay1590 to put (formerly also lay) (a dog) on the scenta1616 to lay on1655 put1673 to throw in1686 to cast hounds1781 lay1781 to throw on1815 the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment of specific diseases or conditions > treat specific diseases or conditions [verb (transitive)] > bring down swelling lay1579 re-lay1590 the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrange [verb (transitive)] > afresh redispose1635 re-lay1700 rearrange1778 reshift1822 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > spend [verb (transitive)] > spend again redisburse1596 re-lay1792 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > rope-making > make rope [verb (transitive)] > other specific processes lay1486 throw?c1625 register1793 re-lay1804 warp1815 to lay upc1860 tube1863 wimble1874 strand1886 fluff1892 1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting C ij All Huntsmen are to helpe any hound that is cast out to relay him in againe. 1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. iii. v. f. 16/2 If soe be the guttes with these remedyes, will not..relaye ther swellinge. 1700 in Early Rec. Town of Providence (Rhode Island) (1893) IV. 197 The second part of the said land now relaid out is a peece of swampey land. 1792 W. Brown Rep. Cases Chancery III. 91 He alone received the 500l., and..no part of it was relaid out in other securities. 1804 Ld. Nelson 18 Apr. in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 502 Perhaps the hawser-laid rope..may if the hemp is good be relaid and made serviceable. 1855 Rev. Charter & Ordinances City of Detroit 21 The Mayor, Recorder and Aldermen of the city..are hereby authorized to..cause to be surveyed, all that part of the said city..and to re-lay out and divide the same into lots, streets, lanes and squares. 1935 Times 30 Nov. 20/1 We have relaid out the engine works so as to permit of the most efficient production flow. 1977 A. Scott-James & O. Lancaster Pleasure Garden x. 70 Large gardens had to be re-laid out in a suitable style to accommodate the jigsaws of sunny beds. 1999 R. Strong in Garden Hist. 27 7 The garden was re-laid out in the new style. b. transitive. spec. To lay or put down (something previously taken up). ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > place or put in a position [verb (transitive)] > put or lay down > again re-lay1730 1730 Acts & Laws Colony of Rhode-Island 137 Such Person or Persons will..also pay all other Charges that shall accrue by relaying the said Way. 1734 W. Salmon Palladio Londinensis i. vi. 47 Second-best Floors taken up, relay'd, and plain'd over, 16 s. per Square. 1757 T. Smollett Hist. Eng. iii. xii As to damaged pavements,..to cause it to be effectually relayed with good materials at their expense. 1829 J. Elmes Pract. Treat. Dilapidations (ed. 3) App. p. lxvi Take up and relay the Portland stone coping. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 185 The cloth was re-laid, and due regard was paid to the cravings of the famished party. 1946 L. P. Hartley Sixth Heaven i. 20 The carpet had been relaid. 1990 J. M. Coetzee Age of Iron 13 Last summer, when the workmen were re-laying the drains, I watched them dig out the old pipes. 2004 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) June 192 The paving stones outside the building are being ripped up and re-laid. 2. transitive. To replace (shellfish) in a lay (lay n.7 2a); to move from one lay to another. ΚΠ 1877 F. B. Palmer Conveyancing 116 To form oyster and mussel beds, and to stock, cultivate, and improve the same, and for that purpose to purchase, dredge, relay, propagate, and fatten oysters and mussels. 1905 Jrnl. Franklin Inst. Aug. 108 For many years it has been the custom in France to relay oysters in disgorging tanks for a short time. 1952 Q. Rev. Biol. 27 307/2 They suggested producing mass hybridization by relaying oysters of different origin and expect then a general revival of the once flourishing natural beds. 1991 I. Dore Shellfish ix. 184 Some suppliers relay clams in trays in special areas so that they continue to feed and cleanse themselves but are off the bottom so that they do not absorb more mud and grit. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.21590 |
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