Underbid
Un′der‐bid″ (?), v. t. To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Underbind
Un′der‐bind″ (?), v. t. To bind beneath. Fairfax.
Underboard
Un″der‐board′ (?), adv. Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.
Underbrace
Un′der‐brace (?), v. t. To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.
Underbranch
Un″der‐branch′ (?), n. 1. A lower branch.2. A twig or branchlet. Spenser.
Underbred
Un″der‐bred′ (?), a. Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
Underbrush
Un″der‐brush′ (?), n. Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.
Underbuilder
Un″der‐build′er (?), n. A subordinate or assistant builder.An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.
Underbuilding
Un″der‐build′ing, n. Same as Substruction.
Underbuy
Un′der‐buy″ (?), v. t. To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than. J. Fletcher.
Undercast
Un′der‐cast″ (?), v. t. To cast under or beneath.
Underchamberlain
Un′der‐cham″ber‐lain (?), n. A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.
Underchanter
Un′der‐chant″er (?), n. Same as Subchanter.
Underchaps
Un″der‐chaps′ (?), n. pl. The lower chaps or jaw. Paley.
Undercharge
Un′der‐charge″ (?), v. t. 1. To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable for; as, to undercharge goods or services.2. To put too small a charge into; as, ...
Undercharge (2)
Un″der‐charge′ (?), n. A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.
Underclay
Un″der‐clay′ (?), n.(Geol.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
Undercliff
Un″der‐cliff′ (?), n. A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
Underclothes
Un″der‐clothes′ (?), n. pl. Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.
Underclothing
Un″der‐cloth′ing (?), n. Same as Underclothes.
Undercoat
Un″der‐coat′ (?), n. 1. A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a long...
Underconduct
Un″der‐con′duct (?), n. A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. Sir H. Wotton.
Underconsumption
Un′der‐con‐sump″tion (?), n.(Polit. Econ.) Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount. F. A. Walker.
Undercraft
Un″der‐craft′ (?), n. A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. Sterne.
Undercreep
Un′der‐creep″ (?), v. i. To creep secretly or privily. Wyclif.
Undercrest
Un′der‐crest″ (?), v. t. To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
Undercroft
Un″der‐croft (?), n. [Under + Prov. E. croft a vault; cf. OD. krochte crypt, and E. crypt.] (Arch.) A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one...