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The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar.

To aid secretly; to assist in a private manner, or indirectly. [R.] Daniel.

An under almoner.

Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

Ranked or ranged below; subordinate; inferior; specifically (Mil.), ranking as a junior officer; being below the rank of captain; as, a subaltern officer.

A universal proposition. See Subaltern, 2. Whately.

Subordinate; subaltern; inferior. All their subalternate and several kinds. Evelyn.

Subalternate; successive.

The state of being subalternate; succession of turns; subordination.

Slightly angular.

Under, or at the foot of, the Apennine mountains; -- applied, in geology, to a series of Tertiary strata of the older Pliocene period.

Being under the apex; of or pertaining to the part just below the apex.

Subaqueous. [Obs.]

Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet.

Situated under the arachnoid membrane.

Approximately arctic; belonging to a region just without the arctic circle.

Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.

The ancient custom of betrothing by the bestowal, on the part of the man, of marriage gifts or tokens, as money, rings, or other presents, upon the woman.

Situated under the arytenoid cartilage of the larynx.

Beneath the stars or heavens; terrestrial. Bp. Warburton.