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underˈlaid, ppl. a.
(stress var.)
[under-1 4 a. Cf. underlay v.]
1. Laid or placed under or below.
a1100in Napier O.E. Gloss. i. 3518 Suppositis..torribus, of under ledum..brandum. 1552Huloet, Vnder layed, suffundatus. 1598Florio, Soffondato, vnderlaide or laid vnder. 1647Hexham i.
2. Furnished with an under layer or support; strengthened from below; fitted or supplied underneath (with something). Chiefly fig.
c1530Hickscorner D iv, Therwith can you cloute me a payre of botes?.. I wolde haue them well vnderlayd and easlye. 1618Bp. Hall Contempl., O.T. xii. viii, That mans faith is well underlaid, that upholds it selfe by the Omnipotency of God. 1650Trapp Comm. Deut. iii. 6 Surely, every man in his best estate, or when best underlaid, is altogether vanity. 1658J. 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. 1712Budgell Spect. No. 379 ⁋12 The Floor of the Vault was all loose, and under⁓laid with several Springs. 1820Shelley Witch Atl. liii, They framed the imperial tent..Of woven exhalations, underlaid With lambent lightning-fire.
b. Const. by (what underlies).
1850Ansted Elem. Geol., Min., etc. §906 Seams of coal..underlaid by a seam or bed of fire-clay. 1893Sir 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.
1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 362 These Underlaid Words standing higher than the rest of the Matter. 1880Scribner'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.
1674Lond. Gaz. No. 892/4 A strong underlaid Brown Bay Nag. Ibid. No. 909/4 A truss well underlaid Horse. |