meaning of underlay
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).
4. To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
5. The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
6. 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.
7. a pad placed under a carpet
Related Words
underlay | underlayer | underlayment |
