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Webster 1913 Edition
Underlay
1.
To lay beneath; to put under.
2.
To raise or support by something laid under; , 2.
as, to
. See underlay
a cut, plate, or the like, for printingUnderlay
, Noun.
3.
To put a tap on (a shoe).
[Prov. Eng.]
Unˊder-lay′
,Verb.
I.
(Mining)
To incline from the vertical; to hade; – said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Un′der-layˊ
,Noun.
1.
(Mining)
The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; – called also
underlie
. 2.
(Print.)
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the form, 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Underlay
UNDERLA'Y
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2025
underlay
underlay
English
Verb
underlay
- simple past tense of underlie
Verb
underlay (third-person singular simple present underlays, present participle underlaying, simple past and past participle underlaid)
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, intransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical; to hade.
Noun
underlay (plural underlays)
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- Anything that is underlaid
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
- The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
Translations
soft floor covering under carpet
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anything underlaid
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