laid up

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laid up - ill and usually confined; "laid up with a bad cold"

ill, sick - affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function; "ill from the monotony of his suffering"

laid up

adjective incapacitated, ill, injured, sick, out of action (informal), bedridden, immobilized, housebound, on the sick list I was laid up in bed with acute rheumatism.

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The demand was urgent, the crew of the Adams was immediately transferred to that service, and the ship was laid up.

Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context

You's gwine to give dat man de money dat you's got laid up, en make him wait till you kin go to de judge en git de res' en buy me free agin.

Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context

She had laid up her treasures on earth only; she had lived solely for the little things of life -- the things that pass -- forgetting the great things that go onward into eternity, bridging the gulf between the two lives and making of death a mere passing from one dwelling to the other -- from twilight to unclouded day.

Anne of The Island by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context

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