Verb (used with object) : to relay a message. From Dictionary.com.
The cornerstone was relaid, this time under the authority of the Masons. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
They had obviously been taken from the churchyard and used when the floor was relaid. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
America -- all the roads being relaid with it as the original T or strap rail became worn out. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891] Reference
The recovered line was relaid across the Atbara, which is barely a third of the width of the Nile. From Wordnik.com. [Khartoum Campaign, 1898 or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan] Reference
The drain from the cellar was taken up, and relaid 18 inches below the cellar-bottom, at the outlet. From Wordnik.com. [Farm drainage The Principles, Processes, and Effects of Draining Land with Stones, Wood, Plows, and Open Ditches, and Especially with Tiles] Reference
General St. Clair glazed the windows, relaid the floor, renewed the roof, and built the wall round about. From Wordnik.com. [Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys] Reference
Part of the adjacent Roman street that had run along the north wall was dug out and relaid as a new gravel street. From Wordnik.com. [Wroxeter: the sixth-century rebuilding] Reference
The kangaroos have removed into their new house, and their park has been relaid, although they still look unsettled. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 346, December 13, 1828] Reference
We relaid it out and changed some stuff from the first printing and then I decided to proof the final draft and argh!. From Wordnik.com. [My yoga journey] Reference
The British gunners, their weapons relaid, started to fire at the upper wall, driving the defenders away from the firestep. From Wordnik.com. [Sharpe's Fortress]
I returned to the house and darkened the rooms once more, relaid the dust-sheets I had lifted and left everything as it had been. From Wordnik.com. [The Complete Stories]
We know the halls are post-Roman because late Roman coins of Valentinian, dated to the 380s, were found beneath the relaid floor. From Wordnik.com. [Birdoswald Roman Fort: dating the post-Roman use of the site] Reference
O hai Mary – I hopes the b0rg mini-cube I sents to reskyoos you haz akkomplished its mishion, and has relaid your b0rg cirkitry paths. From Wordnik.com. [Fail. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?] Reference
Hundreds of miles of track were being relaid and bridges were being rebuilt, so there was a lot of re-routing going on, often unexpectedly. From Wordnik.com. [two observations, part one: canadians are still so nice] Reference
Then he ordered a fire lighted, and the rails relaid. From Wordnik.com. [Short Story Classics (American) Vol. 2] Reference
Dillon said that the relaid Eden Gardens wicket looked. From Wordnik.com. [CaribbeanCricket.com] Reference
Then he carefully relaid the skin, and repainted the whole. From Wordnik.com. [The Call Of The South 1908] Reference
(After three carpetless weeks Constance had relaid her floors.). From Wordnik.com. [The Old Wives' Tale] Reference
The table was firmly placed under the trees and the cloth relaid. From Wordnik.com. [Polly of Pebbly Pit] Reference
Liverpool and Manchester line, it was entirely relaid with stronger materials. From Wordnik.com. [Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson] Reference
When a whole fence has to be relaid the art of "hedge carpentry" is exhibited in its perfection. From Wordnik.com. [The Naturalist on the Thames] Reference
Wigan have confirmed that the pitch at the DW Stadium will be dug up and relaid at the end of the month. From Wordnik.com. [Football.co.uk news feed] Reference
The spokesperson said a special chemical will be applied on the relaid floor tiles to make them dust-proof. From Wordnik.com. [ Analysis] Reference
Why, I've seen these pavements laid and relaid for seventy years and I remember all the men who walked over them. From Wordnik.com. [The Wheel of Life] Reference
"And they have changed (relaid) the pitch and we don't know how it will be, there are a lot of things we have to consider.". From Wordnik.com. [mirror.co.uk - Home] Reference
World Cup will be ready for its first test events in April or May but the pitch at another of the new stadiums is being relaid. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Singapore Airlines sacks staff, closes all operations in Pakistan] Reference
The five miles of Neale's section of road that the commissioners had judged at fault had been torn up, resurveyed, and relaid. From Wordnik.com. [The U. P. Trail] Reference
The NSS volunteers cleaned the temples, removed the bushes from the road sides, relaid roads, and participated in other activities. From Wordnik.com. [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference
The wicket has since been relaid but the local media said the authorities wanted the match to be played on a "tried and tested" pitch. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
The slow worms and reptiles are not living on the tarmac carriageway, existing or to be relaid, so what is all this fuss and chaos about?. From Wordnik.com. Reference
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