Definition:
- (v. t.) To lay beneath; to put under.
- (v. t.) To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.
- (n.) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (v. i.) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
- (n.) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
- (n.) 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.
Compare underlay with other words:
basic vs. underlay
underlay vs. undersay
underclay vs. underlay
underlay vs. underpay
underlay vs. underplay
overlay vs. underlay
carpet vs. underlay
covering vs. underlay
layer vs. underlay
substratum vs. underlay
underlay vs. vertical
hade vs. underlay
tap vs. underlay
incline vs. underlay
lay vs. underlay
support vs. underlay
underlay vs. underlie