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Underlay
n.
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To put a tap on (a shoe).
Underlay
v. i.
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To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Underlay
n.
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The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
Underlay
n.
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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.
Underlayer
n.
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One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
Underlayer
n.
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A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
Underleaf
n.
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A prolific sort of apple, good for cider.
Underlease
n.
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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.
Underlet
v. t.
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To let below the value.
Underlet
v. t.
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To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.
Underletter
n.
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A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.
Underlie
v. t.
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To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
Underlie
v. t.
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To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
Underlie
v. t.
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To be subject or amenable to.
Underlie
v. i.
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To lie below or under.
Underlie
n.
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See Underlay, n., 1.
Underline
v. t.
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To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.
Underline
v. t.
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To influence secretly.
Underling
n.
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An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow.
Underlip
n.
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The lower lip.
Underlock
n.
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A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.
Underlocker
n.
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A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.
Underlying
a.
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Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
Undermanned
a.
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Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
Undermasted
a.
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Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
Undermaster
n.
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A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.
Undermatch
n.
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One who is not a match for another.
Undermeal
n.
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The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.
Undermeal
n.
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Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.
Undermine
v. t.
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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.