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Same as Substruction.

To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than. [R.] J. Fletcher.

To cast under or beneath.

A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer.

Same as Subchanter.

The lower chaps or jaw. Paley.

To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services.

A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.

A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.

Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth.

Same as Underclothes.

A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.

A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount. F. A. Walk

A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [R.] Sterne.

To creep secretly or privily. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To support as a crest; to bear. [Obs. & R.] Shak.

A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.

To cry aloud. [Obs.] Wyclif.

rection contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner. All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her. G. Eliot.