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To bind beneath. Fairfax.

Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. Cowper.

A lower branch.

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.

Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.

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.