| AFORESAID | • aforesaid adj. Previously stated; said or named before. • AFORESAID adj. mentioned previously. |
| BRIDEMAID | • bridemaid n. Archaic form of bridesmaid. • BRIDEMAID n. a woman who is an attendant of a bride, also BRIDESMAID, BRIDEMAIDEN. |
| CORNBRAID | • CORNBRAID v. to braid hair in cornrows, also CORNROW. |
| CREAMLAID | • creamlaid adj. (Of paper) Laid (marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed) and cream in colour. • CREAMLAID adj. of paper, cream or white in colour with a laid watermark. |
| DAIRYMAID | • dairymaid n. A woman who works in a dairy. • DAIRYMAID n. a woman who works in a dairy. |
| HOUSEMAID | • housemaid n. A female domestic worker attached to the non-servant quarter part of the house, as opposed to a scullery maid. • housemaid n. (Derogatory) A housewife. • housemaid v. To be a housemaid. |
| INTERLAID | • interlaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of interlay. • INTERLAY v. to place between. |
| NURSEMAID | • nursemaid n. A woman or girl employed to care for children. • nursemaid v. To tend to as a nursemaid. • nursemaid v. (Colloquial) To care for or look after. |
| OVERPLAID | • overplaid n. A plaid pattern that arises from color woven into a fabric that has another, different woven texture. • overplaid v. To weave in this kind of pattern. • OVERPLAID n. a textile design consisting of a plaid pattern superimposed on another plaid. |
| SOOTHSAID | • soothsaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of soothsay. • SOOTHSAY v. to foretell, to divine, also SOUTHSAY. |
| SOUTHSAID | • southsaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of southsay. • SOUTHSAY v. to foretell, to divine, also SOOTHSAY. |
| UNDERLAID | • underlaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of underlay. • UNDERLAY v. to place under. |
| UNDERPAID | • underpaid adj. Getting too little financial compensation for one’s work. • UNDERPAY v. to pay less than is deserved. |
| UNDERSAID | • undersaid v. Simple past tense and past participle of undersay. • UNDERSAY v. to say in answer. |