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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.

The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery. Milton.

To delve under. [Obs.]

To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] Wyclif.

To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.

To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.

One who underdoes; a shirk.

p. p. of Underdelve.

To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.

An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above.

Not dresses enough.

The act of underestimating; too low an estimate.

A subordinate party or faction.