Meaning of UNDERLAY
| Pronunciation: | | [n]'undur`ley, [v]`undur'ley
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- [n] a pad placed under a carpet
- [v] provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists"
- [v] put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid athe shingles with roofing paper"
- [v] Printing: raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate"
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| | Synonyms: | | carpet pad, rug pad, underlayment |
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| | See Also: | | bring up, cater, elevate, get up, lay, lift, pad, place, ply, pose, position, provide, put, raise, set, supply, underfelt | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.]
\Un`der*lay"\, v. i. (Mining)
To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein,
fault, or lode.
\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.
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