Underlay /(?)/

Un·der·lay

Underlay

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.]

Underlay

v. i.
  1. To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. (Mining)

Underlay

n.
  1. The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie. (Mining)
  2. 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. (Print.)