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Underlay v. t. (past & past part. underlaid; pres. part. underlaying)

To lay beneath; to put under.

To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.

To put a tap on (a shoe). (Prov. Eng.)

Underlie v. t. (past underlay; past part. underlain; pres. part. underlying)

To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

To be subject or amenable to. (R.) "The knight of Ivanhoe... underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert."

Underlay v. i. (past & past part. underlaid; pres. part. underlaying) (Mining) To incline from the vertical; to hade; said of a vein, fault, or lode.

Underlie v. i. (past underlay; past part. underlain; pres. part. underlying) To lie below or under.

noun

Underlay n.

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

(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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... that he realized, more than he would have his friends know, that he was surrounded by dangers. He probably realized this more keenly than they did. They could locate specific dangers, but no man ever better understood the murderous spirit which underlay much of the hatred towards this man who had never harmed a human being. He felt that an escape from one danger might be simply running into another more deadly. It was like dodging bullets on the field of battle. He, better than they, realized that the unseen dangers were greater than ...

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... that "he had left Spain in search of gold—not to become a land-tilling peasant." In 1511, under Velasquez, who had been appointed to the conquest of Cuba, Cortes found outlet for his adventurous spirit, and in the Indian warfare of the island gave promise of the valour and activity which underlay a jocular and seemingly trivial character. At the same time he became accustomed to the barbarous methods of conquest and cruelty displayed by the Spaniards in those regions, and to the abuse of power and arbitrary jealousies and exactions ...

— Mexico • Charles Reginald Enock

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