underˈlaid, ppl. a.
(stress var.)
[under-1 4 a. Cf. underlay v.]
1. Laid or placed under or below.
| a 1100 in Napier O.E. Gloss. i. 3518 Suppositis..torribus, of under ledum..brandum. 1552 Huloet, Vnder layed, suffundatus. 1598 Florio, Soffondato, vnderlaide or laid vnder. 1647 Hexham i. |
2. Furnished with an under layer or support; strengthened from below; fitted or supplied underneath (with something). Chiefly fig.
| c 1530 Hickscorner D iv, Therwith can you cloute me a payre of botes?.. I wolde haue them well vnderlayd and easlye. 1618 Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xii. viii, That mans faith is well underlaid, that upholds it selfe by the Omnipotency of God. 1650 Trapp Comm. Deut. iii. 6 Surely, every man in his best estate, or when best underlaid, is altogether vanity. 1658 J. Harrington Oceana 91 If a Common-wealth have been introduced at once,..you are certain to find her under⁓lay'd with this as the main foundation. 1712 Budgell Spect. No. 379 ¶12 The Floor of the Vault was all loose, and under⁓laid with several Springs. 1820 Shelley Witch Atl. liii, They framed the imperial tent..Of woven exhalations, underlaid With lambent lightning-fire. |
b. Const. by (what underlies).
| 1850 Ansted Elem. Geol., Min., etc. §906 Seams of coal..underlaid by a seam or bed of fire-clay. 1893 Sir H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare II. 463 That the coal-beds..are overlaid by drift I have no doubt; that they are also underlaid by it seems to be most doubtful. |
3. Printing. Of type, etc.: Raised by means of an underlay.
| 1771 Luckombe Hist. Print. 362 These Underlaid Words standing higher than the rest of the Matter. 1880 Scribner's Mag. May 42/2 This addition to the plate springs it up in every part underlaid, so that the surface fairly meets the inking rollers. |
† 4. Of a horse: ? Strong-limbed. Obs.
| 1674 Lond. Gaz. No. 892/4 A strong underlaid Brown Bay Nag. Ibid. No. 909/4 A truss well underlaid Horse. |