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The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil. Subsoil plow, a plow having a share and standard but no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. Knight.

Being under the sun; hence, terrestrial; earthly; mundane. [R.]

A group somewhat lessdistinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.

Situated under, or on the ventral side of, the body of the sphenoid bone.

Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.

That which underlies all outward manifestations; substratum; the permanent subject or cause of phenomena, whether material or spiritual; that in which properties inhere; that which is real, in distinction from that which is apparent; the abiding part of any existence, in distinction from any accident; that which consti…

Having no substance; unsubstantial. [R.] Coleridge.

Substantial; firm. [R.] "[The glacier's] substant ice." The Century.

Belonging to substance; actually existing; real; as, substantial life. Milton. If this atheist would have his chance to be real and substantial agent, he is more stupid than the vulgar. Bentley.

The quality or state of being substantial; corporiety; materiality. The soul is a stranger to such gross substantiality. Glanvill.

To make substantial.

In a substantial manner; in substance; essentially. In him all his Father shone, Substantially expressed. Milton. The laws of this religion would make men, if they would truly observe them, substantially religious toward God, chastle, and temperate. Tillotson.

The quality or state of being substantial; as, the substantialness of a wall or column.

Essential parts. Ayliffe.

To establish the existence or truth of by proof or competent evidence; to verify; as, to substantiate a charge or allegation; to substantiate a declaration. Observation is, in turn, wanted to direct and substantiate the course of experiment. Coleridge.

The act of substantiating or proving; evidence; proof.

Of or pertaining to a substantive; of the nature of substantive. -- Sub`stan*ti"val*ly, adv.

Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be.

In a substantive manner; in substance; essentially.

The quality or state of being substantive.