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单词 twice-laid
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twice-laidadj.

Etymology: See lay v.1 37.
a. Of rope: Made from the yarns of old rope. Also absol. = twice-laid rope.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > types of
twine1513
twice-laid1592
basten1677
cable-laid1723
hawser-laid1769
water-laid1795
registered1800
shroud-laid1800
whale-laid1812
strap-laid1839
four-strand1867
locked-coil1885
trifilar1903
1592–3 Act 35 Eliz. c. 8 (heading) An Acte for the auoiding of deceite vsed in making and selling of twicelayed Cordage.
1669 St. Papers, Dom. 280 A cable, and some twice-laid stuff.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. ii. 135 Working up all our junk and old shrouds, to make twice-laid cordage.
1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1846) VII. p. lxix What [rope] is sent us is the worst I ever saw. The twice-laid we make on board is far preferable.
c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 56 Nippers are usually made of twice-laid rope.
b. Nautical slang. (See quots.)
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the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > fish dishes > [noun]
gyngawdry?c1390
salomenec1430
sorréc1430
tavorsayc1450
spitchcock1601
minnow tansy1655
kedgeree1662
pepperpot1698
matelote1723
water-souchy1726
pitchcock1739
flibrigo1762
twice-laid1777
ngapi1800
a kettle of fish1823
brandade1825
fish supper1829
truite au bleu1834
sole (à la) Colbert1846
bouillabaisse1855
fish and chips1876
hákarl1879
sashimi1880
timbale1880
gefilte fish1892
stamp and go1893
truite bleue1907
waterzooi1915
accra1919
Bismarck herring1931
gravlax1935
goujon1940
coddie1941
seviche1951
tuna salad1953
crabstick1956
zarzuela1956
sole Véronique1960
fish finger1962
moqueca1980
1777 P. Thicknesse Year's Journey France & Spain II. xlvi. 110 My entertainment..was half a second-hand roasted turkey, or, what the sailors call, a twice-laid dish, i.e. one which is done over a second time.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Twice-laid.., a sea-dish made of the salt-fish left from yesterday's dinner, and beaten up with potatoes or yams.
1937 G. P. Low Sea made Men ii. 35 Bread that had been on one long voyage and had been baked over again. It was called by sailors ‘twice laid bread’, and poor at that.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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