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turkey oak (iou) and underlie(2) (iou)


turkey oak (iou)



turkey oak noun phr. In sense 2 usu. Turkey oak. E18.
[In sense 1 from TURKEY noun2; in sense 2 from TURKEY noun1.]
Either of two oaks of the south-eastern US, Quercus laevis and Q. falcata, of dry sandy ground. E18.
An oak of central and southern Europe, Q. cerris, with scaly acorn-cups. E19.

underlie(2) (iou)



underlie verb. . OE.
[from UNDER- + LIE verb1.]
verb trans. Be subject or subordinate to (a person or thing); submit to or be controlled by. OE-L16.
verb trans. Be subjected to or undergo (esp. a punishment, penalty, or accusation). Now chiefly Scot. OE.
J. W. Donaldson He underlies also the graver charge of intentional misrepresentation.
verb trans. Lie or be situated under or beneath (a stratum etc.). L16.
b. fig. Form a basis or foundation to; exist beneath the superficial aspect of. M19.
K. Clark Some drama of light and shade must underlie all landscape compositions. E. Bowen The manners she had taught him were underlain by hostility to strangers.
verb intrans. Lie below ground; be buried. M17-M18.
R. Herrick She..for this dead which under-lies, Wept out her heart.
verb intrans. Mining. Of a mineral vein, fault, etc., incline from the vertical or horizontal, slope. L18.
'underlier noun (rare) (a) a thing which underlies (another); (b) Mining a shaft which intersects with and follows the inclination of a mineral vein: M16.