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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Underlayer

· Un·der·lay·er · IPA
01 n. One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
  1. 1.
    One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
  2. 2.
    A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.(Mining)