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underlay |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. t. [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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. i. (Mining) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}. 2. (Print.) 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: underlay n : a pad placed under a carpet [syn: {carpet pad}, {rug pad}, {underlayment}]
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