Below us dark, gullied ridges held another half million years of sediments. Beyond them was the basalt, laid down when this vast plain was swamped in lava, 5.2 million years ago.

She momentarily laid the painting in her lap and I could see it was nothing but a plain white blank.

Wove paper: paper produced Using a plain, woven dandy roll and there fore without laid lines, as distinct from laid paper.