Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb archaic Simple past tense and past participle of
belay ;belayed .
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word belaid.
Examples
-
Congress is only to say on what subject the tax is to belaid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010
-
Congress is only to say on what subject the tax is to belaid.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Health Care Mandate a Direct Tax? 2010
-
They are indeed belaid by a calling, but they may miss the place of its residence, or refuse to accept of its entertainment, and pass on to ruin.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
-
He proceeds: “ ‘To give you yet,’ saith our apostle, ‘a farther and more particular account how God, in the secret of his counsel, hath belaid things in order,’ ” etc.
The Doctrine of the Saints��� Perseverance Explained and Confirmed 1616-1683 1966
-
I am afraid yon foolish knave have belaid the streets for us.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 William Carew Hazlitt 1873
-
¥'0w out of a. fair construction of the compact, he ordinance of 1787, and the act of 1790, hoth direct that a State ot Siatesshall belaid off.
The Debates and proceedings in the Congress of the United States 1789
-
(iidvilions, and thereli) re could not but waiu fome re - frelhments; ut ue mull oun, with grateful acknow - ledgments to goodncis fiipreme, ih. it on our arrival heie, it could Icarcely belaid we had one In k man, and but a few who had the leall complaint.
-
y aim at his own Salvation, or the enjoyment of God, may properly belaid to make rhe glory of God his chief and ultimate end; It being a vain imagination for us to fup - pofe any other or better way for the promoting of his glory, than by our own happinefs, which he principally defigns.
-
This was an accident you did not look for: now (tluoks to mj ilars) all your plots will belaid. open, to your lading (hame.
A Collection of the Most Esteemed Farces and Entertainments, Performed on ... 1792
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.