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Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain. Simmonds.

A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

See under Laid.

A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.

A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

A dairymaid. [Obs.]

Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

A salt of elaidic acid.

Relating to oleic acid, or elaine. Elaidic acid (Chem.), a fatty acid isomeric with oleic acid, and obtained from it by the action of nitrous acid.

A solid isomeric modification of olein.

To braid up, as hair. [Obs.] Spenser.

Mentioned before; aforesaid.

Pertaining to hypogeic acid; -- applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.

A mineral consisting of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna.

Formerly, a mercenary foot soldier in Hungary, now, a halberdier of a Hungarian noble, or an attendant in German or Hungarian courts. [Written also hayduck, heiduc, heiduck, and heyduk.]

A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

Made in the manner of a hawser. Cf. Cable-laid, and see Illust. of Cordage.

A female servant employed to do housework, esp. to take care of the rooms. Housemaid's knee (Med.), a swelling over the knee, due to an enlargement of the bursa in the front of the kneepan; -- so called because frequently occurring in servant girls who work upon their knees.

See Embraid.