underˈlaying, vbl. n.
[f. underlay v.]
The action of the verb, or the result of this.
| 1611 [see underlay v. 4]. 1648 Hexham ii, Ondersetsel van pileernen, the Vnderlaying or the Ground-worke of pillars. 1683 Moxon Mech. Exerc., Printing xxiv. ¶1, I am loath to name the Vnder-laying of the Feet, because at the best it is but a Botch, and Subjects the whole Press to an unstable position. 1802 J. Mawe Min. Derby Gloss., Hade, the underlaying or inclination of the vein. 1882 Southward Pract. Printing (1884) 429 In underlaying we put a piece of paper..under the type. |