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Meaning Of Underlay
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.