Category: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.]

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

Defn: to incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, Fault, or lode.

Underlay Un"der*lay`, n.

1. (mining)

Defn: the inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a Hade; -- called also underlie.

2. (print.)

Defn: 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.