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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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5,066 words match “UNDER”

UNDERSATURATED a.
Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.
UNDERSAY v.
To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.] Spenser.
UNDERSCORE v.
To draw a mark or line under; to underline. J. Tucker.
UNDERSECRETARY n.
A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
UNDERSELL v.
To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than.
UNDERSERVANT n.
An inferior servant.
UNDERSET n. 2 definitions
Undercurrent.
UNDERSETTER n.
One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.
UNDERSETTING n.
Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H. Wotton.
UNDERSHAPEN a.
Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish. [Poetic] His dwarf, a vicious undershapen thing. Tennyson.
UNDERSHERIFF n.
A sheriff's deputy.
UNDERSHERIFFRY n.
Undershrievalty. [Obs.]
UNDERSHIRT n.
A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.
UNDERSHOOT v.
To shoot short of (a mark).
UNDERSHOT a. 2 definitions
Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.
UNDERSHRIEVALTY n.
The office or position of an undersheriff.
UNDERSHRIEVE n.
A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.
UNDERSHRUB a.
Partly shrublike.
UNDERSHUT a.
Closed from beneath. Undershut valve (Mach.), a valve which shuts by being lifted against a seat facing downward. Knight.
UNDERSIDE n.
The lower or lowest side of anything. Paley.
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