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That which is deposited beneath something else.

Situated beneath the esophagus. [Written also suboesophageal.] Subesophageal ganglion (Zoöl.), a large special ganglion situated beneath the esophagus of arthropods, annelids, and some other invertebrates.

Pertaining or belonging to the under side of a glacier; being beneath a glacier; as, subglacial streams.

Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy.

Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.

Situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly. All things sublunary are subject to change. Dryden. All sublunary comforts imitate the changeableness, as well as feel the influence, of the planet they are under. South.

To tie or fasten beneath; to join beneath. [R.] Pope.

Situated beneath the peduncle; as, the subpeduncular lobe of the cerebellum.

Watered or wet beneath; well-watered. [Obs.] Blount.

Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.

nt to, as something written, or to bind one's self to the terms of, by writing one's name beneath; as, parties subscribe a covenant or contract; a man subscribes a bond. All the bishops subscribed the sentence. Milman.

ctions. Bentley. There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne.

To sign beneath; to subscribe. [R.] Camden.

The bed, or stratum, of earth which lies immediately beneath the surface soil. Subsoil plow, a plow having a share and standard but no moldboard. It follows in the furrow made by an ordinary plow, and loosens the soil to an additional depth without bringing it to the surface. Knight.

To build beneath something; to lay as the foundation. [R.] He substructs the religion of Asia as the base. Emerson.

Running under or beneath. [R.]

Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell.

Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.

Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts. Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. Dryden.

One institution upon another, as when A is instituted and admitted to a benefice upon a title, and B instituted and admitted upon the presentation of another. Bailey.