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- English Word Underlay Definition To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
- English Word Underlay Definition The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
- English Word Underlay Definition 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.
- English Word Underlayer Definition One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
- English Word Underlayer Definition A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
- English Word Underleaf Definition A prolific sort of apple, good for cider.
- English Word Underlease Definition A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease.
- English Word Underlet Definition To let below the value.
- English Word Underlet Definition To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.
- English Word Underletter Definition A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.
- English Word Underlie Definition To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
- English Word Underlie Definition To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
- English Word Underlie Definition To be subject or amenable to.
- English Word Underlie Definition To lie below or under.
- English Word Underlie Definition See Underlay, n., 1.
- English Word Underline Definition To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.
- English Word Underline Definition To influence secretly.
- English Word Underling Definition An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.
- English Word Underlip Definition The lower lip.
- English Word Underlock Definition A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
- English Word Underlocker Definition A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.
- English Word Underlying Definition Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
- English Word Undermanned Definition Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
- English Word Undermasted Definition Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
- English Word Undermaster Definition A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.
- English Word Undermatch Definition One who is not a match for another.
- English Word Undermeal Definition The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.
- English Word Undermeal Definition Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.
- English Word Undermine Definition To excavate the earth beneath, or the part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall.
- English Word Undermine Definition Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state.