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An American Dictionary of the English Language
Revised and enlarged (Goodrich & Porter)
Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.]Ŭn'der-cry', v. i. p. 1438To cry aloud. [Obs.] Wycliffe.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.Un'der-daub'er, n. p. 1438A lower or inferior dauber. [Obs.] Bp. Taylor.Un'der-deal'ing, n. p. 1438Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice. [Rare.] Milton.Un'der-del've, v. t. p. 1438To delve or dig under. [Obs.]Un'der-dig, v. t. p. 1438To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Un'der-ditch', v. t. p. 1438To form a deep ditch or trench to drain the surface of.Un'der-dō', v. i. p. 1438To act below one's abilities. B. Jonson. 2. To do less than is requisite. Grew.Un'der-dō', v. t. p. 1438To do less than is requisite; to cook insufficiently; as, the beef was underdone.Ŭn/der-dōse′, v. t. & i. p. 1438To give or take, or cause to take, small doses.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.Ŭn'der-drāin', v. t. p. 1438To drain by forming a covered channel below the surface.Un′der-dressed, a. p. 1438Not dressed enough.Un'der-ē's'ti-māte, v. t. p. 1438To set too low a value on.Ŭn'der-feed', v. t. p. 1438To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.Un'der-fel'low, n. p. 1438A mean, sorry wretch. [Rare.]Ŭn'der-fīl'ing, n. p. 1438The lower part of a building. [Rare.] Wotton.Under-fōl'lōw, v. t. p. 1438To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Ŭn'der-fŏng', v. t. p. 1438To take in hand; to circumvent; to entrap. [Obs. and rare.] Spenser.Ŭn'der-fo͝ot', adv. p. 1438Beneath.Ŭn'der-fo͝ot', a. p. 1438Low; base; abject; trodden down.Ŭn'der-fûr'nish, v. t. p. 1438To supply with less than enough.Ŭn'der-fūr/rōw, v. t. p. 1438To cover as under a furrow; to plow in.Ŭn'der-gēt', v. t. p. 1438To get under or beneath. R. of Gl. 2. To understand. R. of Gl.Ŭn'der-gird', v. t. p. 1438To bind below; to gird round the bottom. They used helps, undergirding the ship. Acts xxvii. 17.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…Un'der-gōd, n. p. 1439A lower or inferior god; a subordinate deity.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.Un'der-grād'ū-ate, n. p. 1439A student or member of a university or college, who has not taken his first degree.Un'der-grād'ū-ate-ship, n. p. 1439The state of being an undergraduate.Un'der-grōan', v. t. p. 1439To groan beneath; to creak under. [Obs. and rare.] Earth underground their high-raised feet. Chapman.Un'der-ground, n. p. 1439A place or space beneath the surface of the ground.Ŭn'der-ground, a. p. 1439Being below the surface of the ground; as, an under-ground story or apartment.Un'der-ground, adv. p. 1439Beneath the surface of the earth.Un'der-grōw', v. i. p. 1439To grow to an inferior or less than the usual size or height. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Un'der-grōwth, n. p. 1439That which grows under trees; shrubs or small trees growing among large ones.Un'der-grāb', v. i. p. 1439To form a mine under, or to undermine something. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.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…Un'der-hānd, a. p. 1439Secret; clandestine;—usually implying meanness or fraud, or both. “Underhand detractors.” Addison.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.Un'der-hănd'ed-ly, adv. p. 1439In an underhanded manner; secretly; clandestinely; sparsely.Un'der-hāng', v. t. & i. p. 1439To hang under or down.Un'der-hĕad, n. p. 1439A blockhead or stupid person. [Obs. and rare.] Underheads may stumble without dishonor. Browne.Ŭn'der-hēave', v. i. p. 1439To heave or lift from below. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Un'der-hew', v. t. p. 1439To hew less than is usual or proper; especially, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does.…Un'der-hōn'est, a. p. 1439Not entirely honest. [Rare.] We think him under-honest. Shak.Ŭn'der-jaw, n. p. 1439The lower jaw. “The retired under-jaw of a swine.” Paley.Un'der-join', v. t. p. 1439To join below or beneath; to subjoin. [Obs.] Wycliffe.Un'der-keep', v. t. p. 1439To keep under, or in subjection. [Obs.] Spenser.Ŭn'der-lāy', v. t. p. 1439To lay beneath; to support by something laid under. 2. To mend the sole of, as a shoe; to sole; to tap. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.ŭn'der-lāy', v. i. p. 1439To incline from the perpendicular; —said of a vein in a mine.Ŭn'der-lāy, n. p. 1439(Mining.) 1. The inclination of a vein from the perpendicular; —called also underlie. 2. (Typog.) A thickness of paper or pasteboard placed under a cut or part of a cut, or stereotype plate, to bring…Un'der-lay'er, n. p. 1439One who underlays; that which underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer. 2. (Mining.) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. Weale.Ŭn'der-leaf, n. p. 1439A sort of apple good for cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.Un'der-lēase, n. p. 1439(Law.) A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sub-lease. Kent.…Ŭn'der-lēt', v. t. p. 1439To let below the value. Smollett. 2. To let or lease at second hand; to let under a lease.Un'der-lēt/ter, n. p. 1439A tenant who leases.Un'der-lie', v. t. p. 1439To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlying some other formation. 2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying…Ŭn'der-lie, n. p. 1439See UNDERLAY.