Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SUB-STRA'TUM
SUB-STRA'TUM, n. [L. substratus, spread under; sub and sterno.]
- That which is laid or spread under; a layer of earth lying under another. In agriculture, the subsoil. – Cyc.
- In metaphysics, the matter or substance supposed to furnish the basis in which the perceptible qualities inhere.
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