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Entry 6 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Underlay

· Un·der·lay · IPA /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
01 v. t. To lay beneath; to put under.
  1. 1.
    To lay beneath; to put under.
  2. 2.
    To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2. See: Underlay
  3. 3.
    To put a tap on (a shoe).[Prov. Eng.]
02 v. i. To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
  1. 1.
    To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.(Mining)
03 n. The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
  1. 1.
    The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.(Mining) Also: underlie
  2. 2.
    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.(Print.)