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ance, answering to the commons in Great Britain; -- so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.

A kind of inferior cigar of a long slender shape, tapered at one end. [Local, U. S.]

ths, of steel, smooth stone, or the like, laid in a public roadway otherwise formed of an inferior pavement, as cobblestones, to provide an easy way for wheels.

Hence, subject; subordinate; inferior. He to grace his tributary gods. Milton.

A soft and flexible fabric for men's wear, made wholly of wool except in some inferior kinds, the wool being dyed, usually in two colors, before weaving.

, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in Engla…

An inferior or subordinate faculty.

To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height. Wyclif.

An inferior kind. Dryden.

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow. Milton. he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. Shak.

The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In undermeals and in mornings. Chaucer.

A subordinate or inferior ministry. Jer. Taylor.

To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.

Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor. Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility. Collier.

An inferior servant.

An inferior sphere, or field of action.

A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling. This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to the understrappers. Goldsmith.

Something that is inferior and of little worth. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. Addison.

An inferior or subordinate workman. Waterland.