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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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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.Un'der-lie', v. i. p. 1439To lie below or under.Ŭn/der-līne', v. t. p. 1439To mark a line below, as words; to underscore. 2. To influence secretly. [Obs.] Walton.Ŭn'der-ling, n. p. 1439An inferior person or agent; a mean, sorry fellow. Yet every one shall make him underling. Milton.Ŭn'der-lip, n. p. 1439The lower lip.Ŭn'der-lŏck, n. p. 1439A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.Ŭn'der-lȳ'ing, a. p. 1439Lying beneath or inferior in position; as, the underlying strata of a locality;—often applied particularly to granite, because rarely found resting on strata of other rocks.Ŭn'der-mȧst'ed, a. p. 1439(Naut.) Having masts under the usual dimensions;—said of vessels. Totten.Ŭn'der-mȧs'ter, n. p. 1439A master subordinate to the principal master.Ŭn′der-mēal, n. p. 1439The after-part of the day; the afternoon. I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for one under-meal. B. Jonson. 2. Hence, a nap taken in the afternoon; a siesta; doze; sleep. In a…Ŭn'der-mīne', v. t. p. 1439To excavate the earth beneath, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall. “A vast rock undermined from one end to the…Ūn'der-mīn'er, n. p. 1439One who undermines, saps, or excavates; one who secretly overthrows; as, an underminer of the church. Nobody is bound to look upon his backbiter or his underminer, as his friend. South.Ŭn'der-mĭn'is-ter, v. t. p. 1439To serve or minister to in an inferior or subordinate position. [Obs.]Ŭn'der-mirth, n. p. 1439Mirth concealed or restrained. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.Ūn'der-mōst, a. p. 1439Lowest in place, rank, state, or condition. “The party that is undermost.” Addison.Un'dern, n. p. 1439The third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In a bed . . . still he lay Till it was past undern of the day. Chaucer.Ŭn/der-nēath’, adv. p. 1439Beneath; below; in a lower place. “Or sullen Mole that runneth underneath.” Milton. The slate did not lie flat upon it, but left a free passage underneath. Addison.Ūn'der-nēath', prep. p. 1439Under; beneath. Underneath this stone doth lie As much beauty as could die. B. Jonson.Ŭn'der-ŏf-fi-cer, n. p. 1439A subordinate officer.Ŭn/der-pāy', v. t. p. 1439To pay too little.Ŭn/der-peep', v. t. p. 1439To peep under. [Rare.] Shak.Ŭn'der-pēo'pled, a. p. 1439Not fully peopled.Ŭn’der-pĭn’, v. t. p. 1439To lay stones under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. 2. To support by some solid foundation; or to place something underneath for support.Ūn'der-pĭn'ning, n. p. 1439The act of one who underpins; the act of placing stones under sills. 2. That by which a building is underpinned; the stones on which a building immediately rests.Ŭn'der-plŏt, n. p. 1439A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme.Ŭn'der-plāy, v. i. p. 1439To play an inferior part. [Obs.]Ŭn'der-poiṣē', v. t. p. 1439To weigh or rate below desert. [Rare.] “His worth being much underpoised by the uneven scale that currents all things by the outward stamp of opinion.” Marston.Ŭn'der-prāise', v. t. p. 1439To praise below desert.Ŭn/der-prīze′, v. t. p. 1439To value at less than the worth; to undervalue.Un'der-prōp', v. t. p. 1439To prop from beneath; to support; to uphold. “Underprop the head that bears the crown.” Fenton.Un'der-pro-pōr'tioned, a. p. 1439Of small or inferior proportions; small; poor. “Scanty and under-proportioned returns of civility.” Collier.