Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who underlays.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.
- noun (Mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
layer that is below another layer. - noun mining A
perpendicular shaft sunk to cut thelode at any requireddepth .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The laminate that was in here was floated, though the underlayer was a cheap sheet of foam that looked like packing material.
Charlottesville Blogs » Arts and Entertainment Jeannine @ Small 2010
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And of course, there's that whole "underlayer" possibility when worn with wrap dresses over them.
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She favored full skirts and shorts, although there was a series of scuba-inspired, slim-fit dresses, or for a twist, there was a scuba top paired with a very feminine, more forgiving lilac-net skirt that had an orange underlayer peeking through.
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The wetlands in this area, with their thick natural clay underlayer, were ideal for landfill.
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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The wetlands in this area, with their thick natural clay underlayer, were ideal for landfill.
Radical-In-Chief Stanley Kurtz 2010
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Lazrus went underlayer and looked at her meme-hacks and resource-pointers.
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Lazrus went underlayer and looked at her meme-hacks and resource-pointers.
Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 27.1 of 31.1 2010
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Lazrus went underlayer and looked at her meme-hacks and resource-pointers.
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Lazrus went underlayer and looked at her meme-hacks and resource-pointers.
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Lazrus went underlayer and looked at her meme-hacks and resource-pointers.
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