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A close-fitting garment for men, covering the body from the neck to the waist or a little below. It was worn in Western Europe from the 15th to the 17th century.

ion of gravity or toward the center of the earth; toward or in a lower place or position; below; -- the opposite of up.

Below stairs; as, a downstairs room.

her head up to the wind; esp., a canvas bag with a hooped mouth, so used. See Drag sail (below).

upping. (Med.) See under Cupping. -- Dry dock. See under Dock. -- Dry fat. See Dry vat (below). -- Dry light, pure unobstructed light; hence, a clear, impartial view. Bacon. The scientific man must keep his feelings under stern control, lest they obtrude into his researches, and color the dry light in which alone sc…

A way or road dug through a hill, or sunk below the surface of the land. [U.S.]

ls. Driven out of Russia proper, many have emigrated to Cyprus and Canada. See Raskolnik, below.

An animal or plant which is much below the ordinary size of its species or kind; especially, a diminutive human being.

Like a dwarf; below the common stature or size; very small; petty; as, a dwarfish animal, shrub. -- Dwarf"ish*ly, adv. -- Dwarf"ish*ness, n.

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

The bow, or entire wedgelike forepart of a vessel, below the water line. Totten.

overeign or government; a minister accredited to a foreign government. An envoy's rank is below that of an ambassador.

A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

rmor-bearer, an attendant on a knight; in modern times, a title of dignity next in degree below knight and above gentleman; also, a title of office and courtesy; -- often shortened to squire.

law; or the unlawful detaining of a person in custody. -- False keel (Naut.), the timber below the main keel, used to serve both as a protection and to increase the shio's lateral resistance. -- False key, a picklock. -- False leg. (Zoöl.) See Proleg. -- False membrane (Med.), the fibrinous deposit formed in croup…

ll rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure.

A second raampart, exterior to, and parallel to, the main rampart, and considerably below its level.

The outer and usually the smaller of the two bones of the leg, or hind limb, below the knee.

resembling, fire; as, the fiery gulf of Etna; a fiery appearance. And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts.

though the term figured is more commonly applied to a bass with numerals written above or below to indicate the other notes of the harmony). -- Figurate numbers (Math.), numbers, or series of numbers, formed from any arithmetical progression in which the first term is a unit, and the difference a whole number, by taki…