UNDERLAYS

Noun

underlays

plural of underlay

Source: Wiktionary


UNDERLAY

Un`der*lay", v. t. Etym: [AS. underlecgan. See Under, and Lay, v. t.]

1. To lay beneath; to put under.

2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.

3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.]

Un`der*lay", v. i. (Mining)

Definition: To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Un"der*lay`, n.

1. (Mining)

Definition: The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.

2. (Print.)

Definition: A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.

UNDERLIE

Un`der*lie", v. t. Etym: [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate.]

1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. Sir W. Scott.

Un`der*lie", v. i.

Definition: To lie below or under.

Un"der*lie`, n.

Definition: See Underlay, n., 1.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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