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An American Dictionary of the English Language

by Noah Webster

Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)

Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865

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  1. Ŭn'der-brănch, n.p. 1438A lower or inferior branch. It can not sink into my mind That under-branches e'er can be Of worth and value as the tree. Spencer
  2. Ŭn'der-brĕd, a.p. 1438Of inferior breeding or manners.
  3. Ŭn'der-brŭsh, n.p. 1438Shrubs and small trees in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.
  4. Un'der-buy', v. t.p. 1438To buy at less than the real value or worth. [Rare.] Beau. & Fl.
  5. Ŭn'der-cast, v. t.p. 1438To cast under or beneath.
  6. Ŭn'der-chām'ber-lain, n.p. 1438A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
  7. Ŭn'der-chaps, n. pl.p. 1438The lower chaps or jaw.
  8. Un'der-chärge', v. t.p. 1438To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable; as, to undercharge goods or services. Undercharged mine (Mil.), a mine whose crater is not as wide at top as it is deep. Craighill.
  9. Ŭn'der-chārge, n.p. 1438A charge less than is usual or suitable.
  10. Ŭn'der-clāy, n.p. 1438(Geol.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
  11. Un'der-cliff, n.p. 1438A subordinate cliff on a shore, made of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above. Dana.
  12. Ŭn'der-clōthes, n. pl.p. 1438Clothes worn under others.
  13. Un'der-clōth'ing, n.p. 1438Garments worn under the shirt for warmth.
  14. Ŭn'der-cōat, n.p. 1438A coat worn under another.
  15. Ŭn'der-cŏn'duct, n.p. 1438An under or lower conduct or conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.] We should first of all dig wells and cisterns, and other underconducts and conveyances, for the sullage of the house. Wotton.
  16. Ŭn'der-creep', v. i.p. 1438To creep secretly or privily. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  17. Ŭn'der-crĕst', v. t.p. 1438To support as a crest; to bear. [Obs. and rare.] Shak.
  18. Un'der-crōft, n.p. 1438A vault under the choir or chancel of a church; also, a vault or secret walk under ground.
  19. Ŭn'der-crŭst, n.p. 1438The lower crust; as, the under-crust of a pie; hence, the lower classes; as, the under-crust of society. [Sportive.]
  20. Ŭn'der-cry', v. i.p. 1438To cry aloud. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  21. Un'der-cûr/rent, n.p. 1438A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. Totten.
  22. Un'der-daub'er, n.p. 1438A lower or inferior dauber. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.
  23. Un'der-deal'ing, n.p. 1438Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice. [Rare.] Milton.
  24. Un'der-del've, v. t.p. 1438To delve or dig under. [Obs.]
  25. Un'der-dig, v. t.p. 1438To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  26. Un'der-ditch', v. t.p. 1438To form a deep ditch or trench to drain the surface of.
  27. Un'der-dō', v. i.p. 1438To act below one's abilities. B. Jonson. 2. To do less than is requisite. Grew.
  28. Un'der-dō', v. t.p. 1438To do less than is requisite; to cook insufficiently; as, the beef was underdone.
  29. Ŭn/der-dōse′, v. t. & i.p. 1438To give or take, or cause to take, small doses.
  30. Un'der-drāin, n.p. 1438A covered drain or trench below the surface of the ground, with joints, interstices, or openings, through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.
  31. Ŭn'der-drāin', v. t.p. 1438To drain by forming a covered channel below the surface.
  32. Un′der-dressed, a.p. 1438Not dressed enough.
  33. Un'der-ē's'ti-māte, v. t.p. 1438To set too low a value on.
  34. Ŭn'der-feed', v. t.p. 1438To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.
  35. Un'der-fel'low, n.p. 1438A mean, sorry wretch. [Rare.]
  36. Ŭn'der-fīl'ing, n.p. 1438The lower part of a building. [Rare.] Wotton.
  37. Under-fōl'lōw, v. t.p. 1438To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  38. Ŭn'der-fŏng', v. t.p. 1438To take in hand; to circumvent; to entrap. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.
  39. Ŭn'der-fo͝ot', adv.p. 1438Beneath.
  40. Ŭn'der-fo͝ot', a.p. 1438Low; base; abject; trodden down.
  41. Ŭn'der-fûr'nish, v. t.p. 1438To supply with less than enough.
  42. Ŭn'der-fūr/rōw, v. t.p. 1438To cover as under a furrow; to plow in.
  43. Ŭn'der-gēt', v. t.p. 1438To get under or beneath. R. of Gl. 2. To understand. R. of Gl.
  44. Ŭn'der-gird', v. t.p. 1438To bind below; to gird round the bottom. They used helps, undergirding the ship. Acts xxvii. 17.
  45. Un'der-gō', v. t.p. 1438To go or move below or under. [Obs.] 2. To be subjected to; to bear; to pass through; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain; to undergo grief or anxiety; to undergo…
  46. Un'der-gōd, n.p. 1439A lower or inferior god; a subordinate deity.
  47. Un'der-gown, n.p. 1439A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress. Her dress was an undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. W. Scott.
  48. Un'der-grād'ū-ate, n.p. 1439A student or member of a university or college, who has not taken his first degree.
  49. Un'der-grād'ū-ate-ship, n.p. 1439The state of being an undergraduate.
  50. Un'der-grōan', v. t.p. 1439To groan beneath; to creak under. [Obs. and rare.] Earth underground their high-raised feet. Chapman.
  51. Un'der-ground, n.p. 1439A place or space beneath the surface of the ground.
  52. Ŭn'der-ground, a.p. 1439Being below the surface of the ground; as, an under-ground story or apartment.
  53. Un'der-ground, adv.p. 1439Beneath the surface of the earth.
  54. Un'der-grōw', v. i.p. 1439To grow to an inferior or less than the usual size or height. [Obs.] Wycliffe.
  55. Un'der-grōwth, n.p. 1439That which grows under trees; shrubs or small trees growing among large ones.
  56. Un'der-grāb', v. i.p. 1439To form a mine under, or to undermine something. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
  57. Un'der-hānd, adv.p. 1439By secret means; in a clandestine manner. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. W. Scott. 2. By fraud; by fraudulent means. “Such mean revenge committed…
  58. Un'der-hānd, a.p. 1439Secret; clandestine;—usually implying meanness or fraud, or both. “Underhand detractors.” Addison.
  59. Ŭn'der-händ/ed, a.p. 1439Underhand; clandestine. 2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated. [Rare.] Norway might defy all the world, . . . but it is much underhanded now. Coleridge.
  60. Un'der-hănd'ed-ly, adv.p. 1439In an underhanded manner; secretly; clandestinely; sparsely.