underletter (underleter)

One who sublets; a le ee who grants a lease to another. underlie (un-der-li'), v.; pret. underlay, pp. underlain, ppr. underlying. [ II. trans. 1. To lie under or beneath; be situated under; specifically, in geol . , to occupy a lower position than, or to pa beneath: said of stratified rocks over which other rocks are spread out. Thus the Tria ic is, in some regions, underlain by the coal-measures, etc. A rock which underlies another is, ordinarily, the older of the two. 2. To be at the basis of; form the foundation of. Underlying as it does the right organization of society, the law of equal freedom is of higher authority than all other laws. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 217. 3. To lie under, in a figurative sense; be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or a challenge. I mak plaine, All Realmes sall underly gret paine, And sall nocht mys the scurge and rod Off the hie pui ant and mychtie god. Lauder , Dewtie of Kyngis (E. E. T. S.), 1. 196. I am not only willing but desirous to underlie the verdict even of Fame herself. G. Harvey, Four Letters, iii. When the knight of Ivanhoe comes within the four seas Guilbert. of Britain, he underlies the challenge of Brian de Bois Scott, Ivanhoe. underlie (un'der-li), n. [ IMG:content-1324.png:[blocks in formation] underpart overthrows; a secret enemy: as, an under miner of the church. What talke I to them of immoral i tie, that are the onely on der miners of honour, & doo enuie anie man that is not sprung vp by base broker ye like themselues? Nashe, Pierce Penile e, p. 60.