[f. UNDERLIE v.]
1. Something that lies under.
1542. Acc. Ld. High Treas. Scot., VIII. 74. Deliverit to him to be underlyaris laid dowbill under the jeit of velvet, thre elnis blak sating.
1640. G. Abbott, Job Paraphr., 522. The weight of which burthen he is not well advised who seeketh not to support by some firme under-lyer.
2. Mining. (See quot.)
1778. W. Pryce, Min. Cornub., 144. They sink the same Shaft deeper in the body of the Lode, upon its inclination or underlie; whence the Shaft becomes, and bears the name of, an Underlier.
