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5,066 words match “UNDER”

UNDERGRUB v.
To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
UNDERHAND adv. 4 definitions
t means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly. Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. Sir W. Scott.
UNDERHANDED a. 2 definitions
Underhand; clandestine.
UNDERHANDEDLY adv.
In an underhand manner.
UNDERHANG v.
To hang under or down; to suspend. Holland.
UNDERHANGMAN n.
An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.
UNDERHEAD n.
A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
UNDERHEAVE v.
To heave or lift from below. [Obs.] Wyclif.
UNDERHEW v.
To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain. Haldeman.
UNDERHONEST a.
Not entirely honest. [R.] "We think him overproud and underhonest." Shak.
UNDERHUNG a. 2 definitions
Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; - - said of a sliding door. Forney.
UNDERJAW n.
The lower jaw. Paley.
UNDERJOIN v.
To join below or beneath; to subjoin. Wyclif.
UNDERKEEP v.
To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [Obs.] Spenser.
UNDERKEEPER n.
A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray.
UNDERKIND n.
An inferior kind. Dryden.
UNDERKINGDOM n.
A subordinate or dependent kingdom. Tennyson.
UNDERLABORER n.
An assistant or subordinate laborer. Locke.
UNDERLAID a.
Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.
UNDERLAY v. 6 definitions
To lay beneath; to put under.
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