laid

(lad), p. a. [Pp. of layl,v.] 1. Put or set down; thrown down; prostrate. Such pleas a unce makes the Gras hopper so poore, And ligge so layd, when Winter doth her straine. Spenser, Shep. Cal., October. They that have drunk “‘the cup of slumber” had need to be bidden “awake and stand up,” for they are sluggish and laid. Rev. T. Adams, Works, I. 169. 2. Pre ed down; pre ed.—Laid paper, paper that shows in its fabric the marks of the close parallel wires on which the paper-pulp was laid in the proce of its manufacture: distinguished from wove paper, which in the proce of manufacture is laid on woven flannels or on felts.