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The act of binding underneath. [R.]

Situated underneath a muscle or muscles.

Growing underneath. [R.] Evelyn.

To write underneath, as one's name; to sign (one's name) to a document. [They] subscribed their names under them. Sir T. More.

Written below or underneath; as, iota subscript. (See under Iota.) Specifically (Math.), said of marks, figures, or letters (suffixes), written below and usually to the right of other letters to distinguish them; as, a, n, 2, in the symbols Xa, An, Y2. See Suffix, n., 2, and Subindex.

That which is sweet or pleasant in odor; a perfume. "A wilderness of sweets." Milton.

Having great tenderness; easily moved. [Obs.] Shak.

In a tender manner; with tenderness; mildly; gently; softly; in a manner not to injure or give pain; with pity or affection; kindly. Chaucer.

Tenderness. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

The quality or state of being tenuous; thinness, applied to a broad substance; slenderness, applied to anything that is long; as, the tenuity of a leaf; the tenuity of a hair.

To use with tenderness; to fondle. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

In the direction of; to. He set his face toward the wilderness. Num. xxiv. 1. The waves make towards'' the pebbled shore. Shak.

A footpath or road track through a wilderness or wild region; as, an Indian trail over the plains.

Our Savior was typified, indeed, by the goat that was slain, and the scapegoat in the wilderness. Sir T. Browne.

or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. Gay.

or the like, which excites emotion; especially, strong devotion; religious fervor and tenderness; sometimes, a simulated, factitious, or unnatural fervor. The delightful equivoque and unction of the passage in Farquhar. Hazlitt. The mention of thy glory Is unction to the breast. Neale (Rhythm of St. Bernard). Extreme…

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

Under the feet; underneath; below. See Under foot, under Foot, n.

A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something. Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. Tennyson.

To gore underneath.