Ŭn'der-lāy'1, v. t.
[imp. & p. p. UNDERLAID; p. pr. & vb. n. UNDERLAYING.]
Sense 1. To lay beneath; to support by something laid under.
Sense 2. To mend the sole of, as a shoe; to sole; to tap. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
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Underlay
ŭn'der-lāy'2, v. i.
v. i. To incline from the perpendicular; —said of a vein in a mine.
Ŭn'der-lāy3, n.
n. (Mining.) 1. The inclination of a vein from the perpendicular; —called also underlie. 2. (Typog.) A thickness of paper or pasteboard placed under a cut or part of a cut, or stereotype plate, to bring it up to the proper height, so as to secure the right impression.