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underlay
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. t. [AS. underlecgan. See Under, and Lay, v. t.] 1. To lay beneath; to put under. [1913 Webster] 2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2. [1913 Webster] 3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. i. (Mining) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n.
1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from
the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
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2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like,
placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in
the form, 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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