UNDERLAYER

Etymology

Noun

underlayer (plural underlayers)

A layer that is below another layer.

Synonyms: substrate, substratum

(mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.

One who underlays.

Verb

underlayer (third-person singular simple present underlayers, present participle underlayering, simple past and past participle underlayered)

To form a layer beneath another

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Un"der*lay`er, n.

1. One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.

2. (Mining)

Definition: A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. Weale.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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