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Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.

Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.

Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels. Totten.

A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master.

One who is not a match for another. Fuller.

The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In undermeals and in mornings. Chaucer.

e part of, especially for the purpose of causing to fall or be overthrown; to form a mine under; to sap; as, to undermine a wall. A vast rock undermined from one end to the other, and a highway running through it. Addison.

One who undermines.

To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [Obs.] Wyclif.

A subordinate or inferior ministry. Jer. Taylor.

Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] The Coronation.

Bribed. [R.] Fuller.

Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. Addison.

o, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Betwixt undern and noon was the field all won. R. of Brunne. In a bed of worts still he lay Till it was past undern of the day. Chaucer.

Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil. Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton.

A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.

To receive; to perceive. [Obs.] He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer.

A subordinate officer.

A subordinate part. It should be lightened with underparts of mirth. Dryden.

To pay inadequately.