'Underlay' definitions:
Definition of 'underlay'
(from WordNet)
noun
verb
Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate"
verb
Put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper"
verb
Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists"
Definition of 'Underlay'
From: GCIDE
- Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. t. [AS. underlecgan. See Under, and Lay, v. t.]
- 1. To lay beneath; to put under. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Underlay'
From: GCIDE
- Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. i. (Mining) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Underlay'
From: GCIDE
- Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n.
- 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]