vbl. sb. [f. UNDERLAY v.] The action of the verb, or the result of this.

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1611.  [see UNDERLAY v. 4].

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1648.  Hexham, II. Ondersetsel van pileernen, the Vnderlaying or the Ground-worke of pillars.

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1683.  Moxon, Mech. Exerc., Printing, xxiv. ¶ 1. I am loath to name the Vnder-laying of the Feet, because at the best it is but a Botch, and Subjects the whole Press to an unstable position.

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1802.  J. Mawe, Min. Derby, Gloss., Hade, the underlaying or inclination of the vein.

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1882.  Southward, Pract. Printing (1884), 429. In underlaying we put a piece of paper … under the type.

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