1611. Cotgr., Subiacent, subiacent, vnder-lying.
1615. G. Sandys, Trav., 289. This appeared more warlike, to behold from aboue the vnderlying country.
1616. W. Browne, Brit. Past., II. ii. 42. Thence they beheld an vnderlying Vale.
1850. Tennyson, In Mem., ii. The stones That name the under-lying dead.
1865. Lubbock, Preh. Times, 303. In the pits at Amiens this bed is generally distinct from the underlying gravels.
1884. Leisure Hour, June, 345/2. They were stripping the tough hide and underlying blubber.
fig. 1852. Mrs. Stowe, Uncle Tom’s C., xxxvi. A deep underlying spirit of cautiousness.
1882. Farrar, Early Chr., I. 321. The identity of phraseology does but serve to bring into prominence the underlying differences.
