underlaid
placed or laid underneath, as a foundation or substratum.
having an underneath layer (often followed by with): a lace tablecloth underlaid with damask; courtesy underlaid with reserve.
simple past tense and past participle of underlay.
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How to use underlaid in a sentence
This latter test of a reasonable rate has underlaid a long line of Supreme Court decisions since the Granger case.
Railroads: Rates and Regulations | William Z. RipleyFor this reason porous soil, covered with stout turf and underlaid by a sandy or gravelly subsoil, is best.
Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 | United States War DepartmentThe sea round about for leagues is underlaid by treacherous coral reefs.
Due South or Cuba Past and Present | Maturin M. BallouIt is a sandy loam with much fine gravel and is underlaid at a depth of three feet with sand and shale fragments.
The Grapes of New York | U. P. HedrickToo fearfully it is evident that these fits of acharnement were underlaid and fed by paroxysms of personal cruelty.
The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey--Vol. 1 | Thomas de Quincey
British Dictionary definitions for underlaid
/ (ˌʌndəˈleɪd) /
laid underneath
having an underlay or supporting layer underneath
the past tense and past participle of underlay
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