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A female servant.

A fabled marine creature, typically represented as having the upper part like that of a woman, and the lower like a fish; a sea nymph, sea woman, or woman fish.

A woman who milks cows or is employed in the dairy.

Any one of numerous species of small, fresh-water, chætopod annelids of the tribe Naidina. They belong to the Oligochæta.

A girl employed to attend children.

Like an old maid; prim; precise; particular.

The condition or characteristics of an old maid. G. Eliot.

Receiving pay; compensated; hired; as, a paid attorney.

The science or art of teaching.

Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.

Of the material of which plaids are made; tartan. "In plaided vest." Wordsworth.

Plaid cloth.

Consisting of strands twisted together in the ordinary way; as, a plain-laid rope. See Illust. of Cordage.

Having the postage prepaid, as a letter.

d invasion by a cavalry force; a foray. Marauding chief! his sole delight. The moonlight raid, the morning fight. Sir W. Scott. There are permanent conquests, temporary occupation, and occasional raids. H. Spenser.

One who engages in a raid. [U.S.]

imp. & p. p. of Relay.

imp. & p. p. of Repay.

Pertaining to, or designating, an isomeric modification of ricinoleic acid obtained as a white crystalline solid.

The glycerin salt of ricinelaidic acid, obtained as a white crystalline waxy substance by treating castor oil with nitrous acid.