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underlie
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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. i. To lie below or under. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Underlie \Un"der*lie`\, n. See Underlay, n., 1. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate.] 1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel. [1913 Webster] 2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory. [1913 Webster] 3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] [1913 Webster] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
