Webster's Dictionary 1913

703

Undergrub

Un′der‐grub″ (?), v. t. To undermine. Halliwell.

704

Underhand

Un″der‐hand′ (?), a. 1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. Addison.2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, ...

705

Underhand (2)

Un″der‐hand′ (ŭn″dẽr‐hănd′), adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly.Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden.Baillie Macwheeble provid...

706

Underhanded

Un″der‐hand′ed, a. 1. Underhand; clandestine.2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed; sparsely populated.Norway... might defy the world,... but it is much...

707

Underhandedly

Un″der‐hand′ed‐ly (ŭn″dẽr‐hănd′ĕd‐ly̆), adv. In an underhand manner.

708

Underhang

Un′der‐hang″ (ŭn′dẽr‐hăng″), v. t. & i. To hang under or down; to suspend. Holland.

709

Underhangman

Un″der‐hang′man (?), n. An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.

710

Underhead

Un″der‐head′ (?), n. A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead. Sir T. Browne.

711

Underheave

Un′der‐heave″ (?), v. i. To heave or lift from below. Wyclif.

712

Underhew

Un′der‐hew″ (?), v. t. To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a grea...

713

Underhonest

Un′der‐hon″est (?), a. Not entirely honest. “We think him overproud and underhonest.” Shak.

714

Underhung

Un′der‐hung″ (?), a. 1. (Carp.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; — said of a sliding door. Forney.2. Having the lower jaw projecting. T. Hughes.

715

Underjaw

Un″der‐jaw′ (?), n. The lower jaw. Paley.

716

Underjoin

Un′der‐join″ (?), v. t. To join below or beneath; to subjoin. Wyclif.

717

Underkeep

Un′der‐keep″ (?), v. t. To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. Spenser.

718

Underkeeper

Un″der‐keep′er (?), n. A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray.

719

Underkind

Un″der‐kind′ (?), n. An inferior kind. Dryden.

720

Underkingdom

Un″der‐king′dom (?), n. A subordinate or dependent kingdom. Tennyson.

721

Underlaborer

Un″der‐la′bor‐er (?), n. An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke.

722

Underlaid

Un′der‐laid″ (?), a. Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

723

Underlay

Un′der‐lay″ (?), v. t. [AS. underlecgan. See Under, and Lay, v. t.] 1. To lay beneath; to put under.2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate,...

724

Underlay (2)

Un′der‐lay″, v. i.(Mining) To incline from the vertical; to hade; — said of a vein, fault, or lode.

725

Underlay (3)

Un″der‐lay′ (?), n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; — called also underlie.2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the ...

726

Underlayer

Un″der‐lay′er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.2. (Mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. Weale.

727

Underleaf

Un″der‐leaf′ (?), n. A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. Mortimer.

728

Underlease

Un″der‐lease (?), n.(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...

729

Underlet

Un′der‐let″ (?), v. t. 1. To let below the value.All my farms were underlet. Smollett.2. To let or lease at second hand; to sublet.