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on, with the idea of being covered; lower than; beneath; -- opposed to over; as, he stood under a tree; the carriage is under cover; a cellar extends under the whole house. Fruit put in bottles, and the bottles let down into wells under water, will keep long. Bacon. Be gathered now, ye waters under heaven, Into one pla…

boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. J. Webster.

wling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. Over-arm and Round-Arm.

A garment worn below another.

To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly.

inor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode. The least episodes or underactions . . . are parts necessary or convenient to carry on the main design. Dryden.

A subordinate actor.

A subordinate agent.

To aid clandestinely. [Obs.]

A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub.

To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. [Obs.] Shak.

One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.

To bid less than, as when a contract or service is offered to the lowest bidder; to offer to contract, sell, or do for a less price than.

To bind beneath. Fairfax.

Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under Aboveboard.

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

A lower branch.

Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.

Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth.

A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. Jer. Taylor.