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underlay verb1. . OE.
[from UNDER- + LAY verb1.]
verb trans. Provide (a thing) with an underlay, esp. for protection and support or to give added height. Also foll. by with. OE.
R. Eden They vnderlaye them with grasse. Athenaeum Underlaying the sea with electric wires.
verb trans. Place (a thing) under or beneath another. OE-L17.
verb trans. = UNDERLIE verb 3, 3b. L16.
M. Drabble The courage..that underlaid the nonsense.
verb intrans. Mining. = UNDERLIE verb 5. E18.
verb trans. Early Music. Place (the text of a song etc.) in relation to the music. M20.
'underlayment noun (US) carpet underlay; material laid beneath roofing-tiles etc.: M20.