Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Underlay"
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) 1.7 (wn)
underlay
n : a pad placed under a carpet [syn: {carpet pad}, {rug pad}, {underlayment}]
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