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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unattire \Un`at*tire"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + altire.] To divest of attire; to undress. | |
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Unauthorize \Un*au"thor*ize\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + authorize.] To disown the authority of; to repudiate. | |
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Penalty \Pe"nal*ty\, n.; pl. {Penalties}. [F. p[82]nalit[82]. See {Penal}.] 1. Penal retribution; punishment for crime or offense; the suffering in person or property which is annexed by law or judicial decision to the commission of a crime, offense, or trespass. Death is the penalty imposed. --Milton. 2. The suffering, or the sum to be forfeited, to which a person subjects himself by covenant or agreement, in case of nonfulfillment of stipulations; forfeiture; fine. The penalty and forfeit of my bond. --Shak. 3. A handicap. [Sporting Cant] Note: The term penalty is in law mostly applied to a pecuniary punishment. {Bill of pains and penalties}. See under {Bill}. {On}, [or] {Under}, {penalty of}, on pain of; with exposure to the penalty of, in case of transgression. | |
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Under \Un"der\, prep. [AS. under, prep. & adv.; akin to OFries. under, OS. undar, D. onder, G. unter, OHG. untar, Icel. undir, Sw. & Dan. under, Goth. undar, L. infra below, inferior lower, Skr. adhas below. [root]201. Cf. {Inferior}.] 1. Below or lower, in place or position, 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 place. --Milton. 2. Hence, in many figurative uses which may be classified as follows; (a) Denoting relation to some thing or person that is superior, weighs upon, oppresses, bows down, governs, directs, influences powerfully, or the like, in a relation of subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, or the like; as, to travel under a heavy load; to live under extreme oppression; to have fortitude under the evils of life; to have patience under pain, or under misfortunes; to behave like a Christian under reproaches and injuries; under the pains and penalties of the law; the condition under which one enters upon an office; under the necessity of obeying the laws; under vows of chastity. | |
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Under \Un"der\, adv. In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition; in subjection; -- used chiefly in a few idiomatic phrases; as, to bring under, to reduce to subjection; to subdue; to keep under, to keep in subjection; to control; to go under, to be unsuccessful; to fail. I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection. --1 Cor. ix. 27. The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain Could not bring his proud soul under. --Moore. Note: Under is often used in composition with a verb to indicate lowness or inferiority in position or degree, in the act named by the verb; as, to underline; to undermine; to underprop. | |
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Under \Un"der\, a. Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff. {Under covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the feathers situated beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. under {Bird}. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Arms \Arms\, n. pl. [OE. armes, F. arme, pl. armes, fr. L. arma, pl., arms, orig. fittings, akin to armus shoulder, and E. arm. See {Arm}, n.] 1. Instruments or weapons of offense or defense. He lays down his arms, but not his wiles. --Milton. Three horses and three goodly suits of arms. --Tennyson. 2. The deeds or exploits of war; military service or science. [bd]Arms and the man I sing.[b8] --Dryden. 3. (Law) Anything which a man takes in his hand in anger, to strike or assault another with; an aggressive weapon. --Cowell. Blackstone. 4. (Her.) The ensigns armorial of a family, consisting of figures and colors borne in shields, banners, etc., as marks of dignity and distinction, and descending from father to son. 5. (Falconry) The legs of a hawk from the thigh to the foot. --Halliwell. {Bred to arms}, educated to the profession of a soldier. {In arms}, armed for war; in a state of hostility. {Small arms}, portable firearms known as muskets, rifles, carbines, pistols, etc. {A stand of arms}, a complete set for one soldier, as a musket, bayonet, cartridge box and belt; frequently, the musket and bayonet alone. {To arms}! a summons to war or battle. {Under arms}, armed and equipped and in readiness for battle, or for a military parade. {Arm's end}, {Arm's length}, {Arm's reach}. See under {Arm}. | |
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Bare \Bare\, a. [OE. bar, bare, AS. b[91]r; akin to D. & G. baar, OHG. par, Icel. berr, Sw. & Dan. bar, OSlav. bos[?] barefoot, Lith. basas; cf. Skr. bh[be]s to shine [?].] 1. Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. 2. With head uncovered; bareheaded. When once thy foot enters the church, be bare. --Herbert. 3. Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. Bare in thy guilt, how foul must thou appear! --Milton. 4. Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. [bd]Uttering bare truth.[b8] --Shak. 5. Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. [bd]A bare treasury.[b8] --Dryden. 6. Threadbare; much worn. It appears by their bare liveries that they live by your bare words. --Shak. 7. Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. [bd]The bare necessaries of life.[b8] --Addison. Nor are men prevailed upon by bare of naked truth. --South. {Under bare poles} (Naut.), having no sail set. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Correction \Cor*rec"tion\ (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.] 1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement. The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. --Strype. 2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement. Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. --Shak. 3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin. 4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach. 5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. {Correction line} (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. {House of correction}, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. {Under correction}, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error. | |
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Cover \Cov"er\ (k?v"?r), n. 1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book. 2. Anything which veils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloak. [bd]Under cover of the night.[b8] -- Macaulay. A handsome cover for imperfections. --Collier. 3. Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover. Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. --Clarendon. 4. (Hunting) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover. 5. That portion of a slate, tile, or shingle, which is hidden by the overlap of the course above. --Knight. 6. (Steam Engine) The lap of a slide valve. 7. [Cf. F. couvert.] A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests. {To break cover}, to start from a covert or lair; -- said of game. {Under cover}, in an envelope, or within a letter; -- said of a written message. Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. --Thackeray. | |
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Under \Un"der\, a. Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree; subject; subordinate; -- generally in composition with a noun, and written with or without the hyphen; as, an undercurrent; undertone; underdose; under-garment; underofficer; undersheriff. {Under covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the feathers situated beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. under {Bird}. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}. 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}. Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton. 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. {Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery. {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. {Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}. {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal. {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. {Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary. {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long. {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}. {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot. {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}. {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}. {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.; also {Chirograph}. (b). {Square foot}. See under {Square}. {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl. v. 1. {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. {Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Breath \Breath\ (br[ecr]th), n. [OE. breth, breeth, AS. br[aemac][edh] odor, scent, breath; cf. OHG. br[be]dam steam, vapor, breath, G. brodem, and possibly E. {Brawn}, and {Breed}.] 1. The air inhaled and exhaled in respiration; air which, in the process of respiration, has parted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. Melted as breath into the wind. --Shak. 2. The act of breathing naturally or freely; the power or capacity to breathe freely; as, I am out of breath. 3. The power of respiration, and hence, life. --Hood. Thou takest away their breath, they die. --Ps. civ. 29. 4. Time to breathe; respite; pause. Give me some breath, some little pause. --Shak. 5. A single respiration, or the time of making it; a single act; an instant. He smiles and he frowns in a breath. --Dryden. 6. Fig.: That which gives or strengthens life. The earthquake voice of victory, To thee the breath of life. --Byron. 7. A single word; the slightest effort; a trifle. A breath can make them, as a breath has made. --Goldsmith. 8. A very slight breeze; air in gentle motion. Calm and unruffled as a summer's sea, when not a breath of wind flies o'er its surface. --Addison. 9. Fragrance; exhalation; odor; perfume. --Tennison. The breath of flowers. --Bacon. 10. Gentle exercise, causing a quicker respiration. An after dinner's breath. --Shak. {Out of breath}, breathless, exhausted; breathing with difficulty. {Under one's breath}, in low tones. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Thumb \Thumb\, n. [OE. thombe, thoumbe, [thorn]ume, AS. [thorn][umac]ma; akin to OFries. th[umac]ma, D. duim, G. daumen, OHG. d[umac]mo, Icel. [thorn]umall, Dan. tommelfinger, Sw. tumme, and perhaps to L. tumere to swell. [fb]56. Cf. {Thimble}, {Tumid}.] The short, thick first digit of the human hand, differing from the other fingers in having but two phalanges; the pollex. See {Pollex}. Upon his thumb he had of gold a ring. --Chaucer. {Thumb band}, a twist of anything as thick as the thumb. --Mortimer. {Thumb blue}, indigo in the form of small balls or lumps, used by washerwomen to blue linen, and the like. {Thumb latch}, a door latch having a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. {Thumb mark}. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. --Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. {Thumb nut}, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turning it; also, a nut with a knurled rim for the same perpose. {Thumb ring}, a ring worn on the thumb. --Shak. {Thumb stall}. (a) A kind of thimble or ferrule of iron, or leather, for protecting the thumb in making sails, and in other work. (b) (Mil.) A buckskin cushion worn on the thumb, and used to close the vent of a cannon while it is sponged, or loaded. {Under one's thumb}, completely under one's power or influence; in a condition of subservience. [Colloq.] | |
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Sky \Sky\ (sk[imac]), n.; pl. {Skies} (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk[ymac]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[umac]a, sc[umac]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. [root]158. See {Scum}, and cf. {Hide} skin, {Obscure}.] 1. A cloud. [Obs.] [A wind] that blew so hideously and high, That it ne lefte not a sky In all the welkin long and broad. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, a shadow. [Obs.] She passeth as it were a sky. --Gower. 3. The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural. The Norweyan banners flout the sky. --Shak. 4. The wheather; the climate. Thou wert better in thy grave than to answer with thy uncovered body this extremity of the skies. --Shak. Note: Sky is often used adjectively or in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, sky color, skylight, sky-aspiring, sky-born, sky-pointing, sky-roofed, etc. {Sky blue}, an azure color. {Sky scraper} (Naut.), a skysail of a triangular form. --Totten. {Under open sky}, out of doors. [bd]Under open sky adored.[b8] --Milton. | |
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Sail \Sail\, n. [OE. seil, AS. segel, segl; akin to D. zeil, OHG. segal, G. & Sw. segel, Icel. segl, Dan. seil. [root] 153.] 1. An extent of canvas or other fabric by means of which the wind is made serviceable as a power for propelling vessels through the water. Behoves him now both sail and oar. --Milton. 2. Anything resembling a sail, or regarded as a sail. 3. A wing; a van. [Poetic] Like an eagle soaring To weather his broad sails. --Spenser. 4. The extended surface of the arm of a windmill. 5. A sailing vessel; a vessel of any kind; a craft. Note: In this sense, the plural has usually the same form as the singular; as, twenty sail were in sight. 6. A passage by a sailing vessel; a journey or excursion upon the water. Note: Sails are of two general kinds, {fore-and-aft sails}, and {square sails}. Square sails are always bent to yards, with their foot lying across the line of the vessel. Fore-and-aft sails are set upon stays or gaffs with their foot in line with the keel. A fore-and-aft sail is triangular, or quadrilateral with the after leech longer than the fore leech. Square sails are quadrilateral, but not necessarily square. See Phrases under {Fore}, a., and {Square}, a.; also, {Bark}, {Brig}, {Schooner}, {Ship}, {Stay}. {Sail burton} (Naut.), a purchase for hoisting sails aloft for bending. {Sail fluke} (Zo[94]l.), the whiff. {Sail hook}, a small hook used in making sails, to hold the seams square. {Sail loft}, a loft or room where sails are cut out and made. {Sail room} (Naut.), a room in a vessel where sails are stowed when not in use. {Sail yard} (Naut.), the yard or spar on which a sail is extended. {Shoulder-of-mutton sail} (Naut.), a triangular sail of peculiar form. It is chiefly used to set on a boat's mast. {To crowd sail}. (Naut.) See under {Crowd}. {To loose sails} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread sails. {To make sail} (Naut.), to extend an additional quantity of sail. {To set a sail} (Naut.), to extend or spread a sail to the wind. {To set sail} (Naut.), to unfurl or spread the sails; hence, to begin a voyage. {To shorten sail} (Naut.), to reduce the extent of sail, or take in a part. {To strike sail} (Naut.), to lower the sails suddenly, as in saluting, or in sudden gusts of wind; hence, to acknowledge inferiority; to abate pretension. {Under sail}, having the sails spread. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Tail \Tail\, n. [AS. t[91]gel, t[91]gl; akin to G. zagel, Icel. tagl, Sw. tagel, Goth. tagl hair. [fb]59.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The terminal, and usually flexible, posterior appendage of an animal. Note: The tail of mammals and reptiles contains a series of movable vertebr[91], and is covered with flesh and hairs or scales like those of other parts of the body. The tail of existing birds consists of several more or less consolidated vertebr[91] which supports a fanlike group of quills to which the term tail is more particularly applied. The tail of fishes consists of the tapering hind portion of the body ending in a caudal fin. The term tail is sometimes applied to the entire abdomen of a crustacean or insect, and sometimes to the terminal piece or pygidium alone. 2. Any long, flexible terminal appendage; whatever resembles, in shape or position, the tail of an animal, as a catkin. Doretus writes a great praise of the distilled waters of those tails that hang on willow trees. --Harvey. 3. Hence, the back, last, lower, or inferior part of anything, -- as opposed to the {head}, or the superior part. The Lord will make thee the head, and not the tail. --Deut. xxviii. 13. 4. A train or company of attendants; a retinue. [bd]Ah,[b8] said he, [bd]if you saw but the chief with his tail on.[b8] --Sir W. Scott. 5. The side of a coin opposite to that which bears the head, effigy, or date; the reverse; -- rarely used except in the expression [bd]heads or tails,[b8] employed when a coin is thrown up for the purpose of deciding some point by its fall. 6. (Anat.) The distal tendon of a muscle. 7. (Bot.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is formed of the permanent elongated style. 8. (Surg.) (a) A portion of an incision, at its beginning or end, which does not go through the whole thickness of the skin, and is more painful than a complete incision; -- called also {tailing}. (b) One of the strips at the end of a bandage formed by splitting the bandage one or more times. 9. (Naut.) A rope spliced to the strap of a block, by which it may be lashed to anything. 10. (Mus.) The part of a note which runs perpendicularly upward or downward from the head; the stem. --Moore (Encyc. of Music). 11. pl. Same as {Tailing}, 4. 12. (Arch.) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part, as a slate or tile. 13. pl. (Mining) See {Tailing}, n., 5. {Tail beam}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}. {Tail coverts} (Zo[94]l.), the feathers which cover the bases of the tail quills. They are sometimes much longer than the quills, and form elegant plumes. Those above the quills are called the {upper tail coverts}, and those below, the {under tail coverts}. {Tail end}, the latter end; the termination; as, the tail end of a contest. [Colloq.] {Tail joist}. (Arch.) Same as {Tailpiece}. {Tail of a comet} (Astron.), a luminous train extending from the nucleus or body, often to a great distance, and usually in a direction opposite to the sun. {Tail of a gale} (Naut.), the latter part of it, when the wind has greatly abated. --Totten. {Tail of a lock} (on a canal), the lower end, or entrance into the lower pond. {Tail of the trenches} (Fort.), the post where the besiegers begin to break ground, and cover themselves from the fire of the place, in advancing the lines of approach. {Tail spindle}, the spindle of the tailstock of a turning lathe; -- called also {dead spindle}. {To turn tail}, to run away; to flee. Would she turn tail to the heron, and fly quite out another way; but all was to return in a higher pitch. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Circumstance \Cir"cum*stance\, n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See {Stand}.] 1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things. The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. --W. Irving. 2. An event; a fact; a particular incident. The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqueror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in history. --Addison. 3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.] So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that we shake hands and part. --Shak. 4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings. When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. --Addison. {Not a circumstance}, of no account. [Colloq.] {Under the circumstances}, taking all things into consideration. Syn: Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact; detail; item. See {Event}. | |
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Hand \Hand\, n. [AS. hand, hond; akin to D., G., & Sw. hand, OHG. hant, Dan. haand, Icel. h[94]nd, Goth. handus, and perh. to Goth. hinpan to seize (in comp.). Cf. {Hunt}.] 1. That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See {Manus}. 2. That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand; as: (a) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey. (b) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock. 3. A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses. 4. Side; part; direction, either right or left. On this hand and that hand, were hangings. --Ex. xxxviii. 15. The Protestants were then on the winning hand. --Milton. 5. Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity. He had a great mind to try his hand at a Spectator. --Addison. 6. Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance. To change the hand in carrying on the war. --Clarendon. Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand. --Judges vi. 36. 7. An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking. A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. --Locke. I was always reckoned a lively hand at a simile. --Hazlitt. 8. Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature. I say she never did invent this letter; This is a man's invention and his hand. --Shak. Some writs require a judge's hand. --Burril. 9. Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural. [bd]Receiving in hand one year's tribute.[b8] --Knolles. Albinus . . . found means to keep in his hands the goverment of Britain. --Milton. 10. Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new. 11. Rate; price. [Obs.] [bd]Business is bought at a dear hand, where there is small dispatch.[b8] --Bacon. 12. That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once; as: (a) (Card Playing) The quota of cards received from the dealer. (b) (Tobacco Manuf.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together. 13. (Firearms) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim. Note: Hand is used figuratively for a large variety of acts or things, in the doing, or making, or use of which the hand is in some way employed or concerned; also, as a symbol to denote various qualities or conditions, as: (a) Activity; operation; work; -- in distinction from the head, which implies thought, and the heart, which implies affection. [bd]His hand will be against every man.[b8] --Gen. xvi. 12. (b) Power; might; supremacy; -- often in the Scriptures. [bd]With a mighty hand . . . will I rule over you.[b8] --Ezek. xx. 33. (c) Fraternal feeling; as, to give, or take, the hand; to give the right hand. (d) Contract; -- commonly of marriage; as, to ask the hand; to pledge the hand. Note: Hand is often used adjectively or in compounds (with or without the hyphen), signifying performed by the hand; as, hand blow or hand-blow, hand gripe or hand-gripe: used by, or designed for, the hand; as, hand ball or handball, hand bow, hand fetter, hand grenade or hand-grenade, handgun or hand gun, handloom or hand loom, handmill or hand organ or handorgan, handsaw or hand saw, hand-weapon: measured or regulated by the hand; as, handbreadth or hand's breadth, hand gallop or hand-gallop. Most of the words in the following paragraph are written either as two words or in combination. {Hand bag}, a satchel; a small bag for carrying books, papers, parcels, etc. {Hand basket}, a small or portable basket. {Hand bell}, a small bell rung by the hand; a table bell. --Bacon. {Hand bill}, a small pruning hook. See 4th {Bill}. {Hand car}. See under {Car}. {Hand director} (Mus.), an instrument to aid in forming a good position of the hands and arms when playing on the piano; a hand guide. {Hand drop}. See {Wrist drop}. {Hand gallop}. See under {Gallop}. {Hand gear} (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand. {Hand glass}. (a) A glass or small glazed frame, for the protection of plants. (b) A small mirror with a handle. {Hand guide}. Same as {Hand director} (above). {Hand language}, the art of conversing by the hands, esp. as practiced by the deaf and dumb; dactylology. {Hand lathe}. See under {Lathe}. {Hand money}, money paid in hand to bind a contract; earnest money. {Hand organ} (Mus.), a barrel organ, operated by a crank turned by hand. {Hand plant}. (Bot.) Same as {Hand tree} (below). -- {Hand rail}, a rail, as in staircases, to hold by. --Gwilt. {Hand sail}, a sail managed by the hand. --Sir W. Temple. {Hand screen}, a small screen to be held in the hand. {Hand screw}, a small jack for raising heavy timbers or weights; (Carp.) a screw clamp. {Hand staff} (pl. {Hand staves}), a javelin. --Ezek. xxxix. 9. {Hand stamp}, a small stamp for dating, addressing, or canceling papers, envelopes, etc. {Hand tree} (Bot.), a lofty tree found in Mexico ({Cheirostemon platanoides}), having red flowers whose stamens unite in the form of a hand. {Hand vise}, a small vise held in the hand in doing small work. --Moxon. {Hand work}, [or] {Handwork}, work done with the hands, as distinguished from work done by a machine; handiwork. {All hands}, everybody; all parties. {At all hands}, {On all hands}, on all sides; from every direction; generally. {At any hand}, {At no hand}, in any (or no) way or direction; on any account; on no account. [bd]And therefore at no hand consisting with the safety and interests of humility.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. {At first hand}, {At second hand}. See def. 10 (above). {At hand}. (a) Near in time or place; either present and within reach, or not far distant. [bd]Your husband is at hand; I hear his trumpet.[b8] --Shak. (b) Under the hand or bridle. [Obs.] [bd]Horses hot at hand.[b8] --Shak. {At the hand of}, by the act of; as a gift from. [bd]Shall we receive good at the hand of God and shall we not receive evil?[b8] --Job ii. 10. {Bridle hand}. See under {Bridle}. {By hand}, with the hands, in distinction from instrumentality of tools, engines, or animals; as, to weed a garden by hand; to lift, draw, or carry by hand. {Clean hands}, freedom from guilt, esp. from the guilt of dishonesty in money matters, or of bribe taking. [bd]He that hath clean hands shall be stronger and stronger.[b8] --Job xvii. 9. {From hand to hand}, from one person to another. {Hand in hand}. (a) In union; conjointly; unitedly. --Swift. (b) Just; fair; equitable. As fair and as good, a kind of hand in hand comparison. --Shak. {Hand over hand}, {Hand over fist}, by passing the hands alternately one before or above another; as, to climb hand over hand; also, rapidly; as, to come up with a chase hand over hand. {Hand over head}, negligently; rashly; without seeing what one does. [Obs.] --Bacon. {Hand running}, consecutively; as, he won ten times hand running. {Hand off!} keep off! forbear! no interference or meddling! {Hand to hand}, in close union; in close fight; as, a hand to hand contest. --Dryden. {Heavy hand}, severity or oppression. {In hand}. (a) Paid down. [bd]A considerable reward in hand, and . . . a far greater reward hereafter.[b8] --Tillotson. (b) In preparation; taking place. --Chaucer. [bd]Revels . . . in hand.[b8] --Shak. (c) Under consideration, or in the course of transaction; as, he has the business in hand. {In one's hand} [or] {hands}. (a) In one's possession or keeping. (b) At one's risk, or peril; as, I took my life in my hand. {Laying on of hands}, a form used in consecrating to office, in the rite of confirmation, and in blessing persons. {Light hand}, gentleness; moderation. {Note of hand}, a promissory note. {Off hand}, {Out of hand}, forthwith; without delay, hesitation, or difficulty; promptly. [bd]She causeth them to be hanged up out of hand.[b8] --Spenser. {Off one's hands}, out of one's possession or care. {On hand}, in present possession; as, he has a supply of goods on hand. {On one's hands}, in one's possession care, or management. {Putting the hand under the thigh}, an ancient Jewish ceremony used in swearing. {Right hand}, the place of honor, power, and strength. {Slack hand}, idleness; carelessness; inefficiency; sloth. {Strict hand}, severe discipline; rigorous government. {To bear a hand} (Naut), to give help quickly; to hasten. {To bear in hand}, to keep in expectation with false pretenses. [Obs.] --Shak. {To be} {hand and glove, [or] in glove} {with}. See under {Glove}. {To be on the mending hand}, to be convalescent or improving. {To bring up by hand}, to feed (an infant) without suckling it. {To change hand}. See {Change}. {To change hands}, to change sides, or change owners. --Hudibras. {To clap the hands}, to express joy or applause, as by striking the palms of the hands together. {To come to hand}, to be received; to be taken into possession; as, the letter came to hand yesterday. {To get hand}, to gain influence. [Obs.] Appetites have . . . got such a hand over them. --Baxter. {To got one's hand in}, to make a beginning in a certain work; to become accustomed to a particular business. {To have a hand in}, to be concerned in; to have a part or concern in doing; to have an agency or be employed in. {To have in hand}. (a) To have in one's power or control. --Chaucer. (b) To be engaged upon or occupied with. {To have one's hands full}, to have in hand al that one can do, or more than can be done conveniently; to be pressed with labor or engagements; to be surrounded with difficulties. {To} {have, [or] get}, {the (higher) upper hand}, to have, or get, the better of another person or thing. {To his hand}, {To my hand}, etc., in readiness; already prepared. [bd]The work is made to his hands.[b8] --Locke. {To hold hand}, to compete successfully or on even conditions. [Obs.] --Shak. {To lay hands on}, to seize; to assault. {To lend a hand}, to give assistance. {To} {lift, [or] put forth}, {the hand against}, to attack; to oppose; to kill. {To live from hand to mouth}, to obtain food and other necessaries as want compels, without previous provision. {To make one's hand}, to gain advantage or profit. {To put the hand unto}, to steal. --Ex. xxii. 8. {To put the} {last, [or] finishing}, {hand to}, to make the last corrections in; to complete; to perfect. {To set the hand to}, to engage in; to undertake. That the Lord thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to. --Deut. xxiii. 20. {To stand one in hand}, to concern or affect one. {To strike hands}, to make a contract, or to become surety for another's debt or good behavior. {To take in hand}. (a) To attempt or undertake. (b) To seize and deal with; as, he took him in hand. {To wash the hands of}, to disclaim or renounce interest in, or responsibility for, a person or action; as, to wash one's hands of a business. --Matt. xxvii. 24. {Under the hand of}, authenticated by the handwriting or signature of; as, the deed is executed under the hand and seal of the owner. | |
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Harrow \Har"row\ (h[acr]r"r[osl]), n. [OE. harowe, harwe, AS. hearge; cf. D. hark rake, G. harke, Icel. herfi harrow, Dan. harve, Sw. harf. [root]16.] 1. An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown. 2. (Mil.) An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried. {Bush harrow}, a kind of light harrow made of bushes, for harrowing grass lands and covering seeds, or to finish the work of a toothed harrow. {Drill harrow}. See under 6th {Drill}. {Under the harrow}, subjected to actual torture with a toothed instrument, or to great affliction or oppression. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Lee \Lee\, n. [OE. lee shelter, Icel. hl[emac], akin to AS. hle[a2], hle[a2]w, shelter, protection, OS. hl[8a]o, D. lij lee, Sw. l[84], Dan. l[91].] 1. A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as, the lee of a mountain, an island, or a ship. We lurked under lee. --Morte d'Arthure. Desiring me to take shelter in his lee. --Tyndall. 2. (Naut.) That part of the hemisphere, as one stands on shipboard, toward which the wind blows. See {Lee}, a. {By the lee}, {To bring by the lee}. See under {By}, and {Bring}. {Under the lee of}, on that side which is sheltered from the wind; as, to be under the lee of a ship. | |
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{Rose de Pompadour}, {Rose du Barry}, names succesively given to a delicate rose color used on S[8a]vres porcelain. {Rose diamond}, a diamond, one side of which is flat, and the other cut into twenty-four triangular facets in two ranges which form a convex face pointed at the top. Cf. {Brilliant}, n. {Rose ear}. See under {Ear}. {Rose elder} (Bot.), the Guelder-rose. {Rose engine}, a machine, or an appendage to a turning lathe, by which a surface or wood, metal, etc., is engraved with a variety of curved lines. --Craig. {Rose family} (Bot.) the {Rosece[91]}. See {Rosaceous}. {Rose fever} (Med.), rose cold. {Rose fly} (Zo[94]l.), a rose betle, or rose chafer. {Rose gall} (Zo[94]l.), any gall found on rosebushes. See {Bedeguar}. {Rose knot}, a ribbon, or other pliade band plaited so as to resemble a rose; a rosette. {Rose lake}, {Rose madder}, a rich tint prepared from lac and madder precipitated on an earthy basis. --Fairholt. {Rose mallow}. (Bot.) (a) A name of several malvaceous plants of the genus {Hibiscus}, with large rose-colored flowers. (b) the hollyhock. {Rose nail}, a nail with a convex, faceted head. {Rose noble}, an ancient English gold coin, stamped with the figure of a rose, first struck in the reign of Edward III., and current at 6s. 8d. --Sir W. Scott. {Rose of China}. (Bot.) See {China rose} (b), under {China}. {Rose of Jericho} (Bot.), a Syrian cruciferous plant ({Anastatica Hierochuntica}) which rolls up when dry, and expands again when moistened; -- called also {resurrection plant}. {Rose of Sharon} (Bot.), an ornamental malvaceous shrub ({Hibiscus Syriacus}). In the Bible the name is used for some flower not yet identified, perhaps a Narcissus, or possibly the great lotus flower. {Rose oil} (Chem.), the yellow essential oil extracted from various species of rose blossoms, and forming the chief part of attar of roses. {Rose pink}, a pigment of a rose color, made by dyeing chalk or whiting with a decoction of Brazil wood and alum; also, the color of the pigment. {Rose quartz} (Min.), a variety of quartz which is rose-red. {Rose rash}. (Med.) Same as {Roseola}. {Rose slug} (Zo[94]l.), the small green larva of a black sawfly ({Selandria ros[91]}). These larv[91] feed in groups on the parenchyma of the leaves of rosebushes, and are often abundant and very destructive. {Rose window} (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also {Catherine wheel}, and {marigold window}. Cf. {wheel window}, under {Wheel}. {Summer rose} (Med.), a variety of roseola. See {Roseola}. {Under the rose} [a translation of L. sub rosa], in secret; privately; in a manner that forbids disclosure; -- the rose being among the ancients the symbol of secrecy, and hung up at entertainments as a token that nothing there said was to be divulged. {Wars of the Roses} (Eng. Hist.), feuds between the Houses of York and Lancaster, the white rose being the badge of the House of York, and the red rose of the House of Lancaster. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Sun \Sun\, n. [OE. sunne, sonne, AS. sunne; akin to OFries. sunne, D. zon, OS. & OHG. sunna, G. sonne, Icel. sunna, Goth. sunna; perh. fr. same root as L. sol. [fb]297. Cf. {Solar}, {South}.] 1. The luminous orb, the light of which constitutes day, and its absence night; the central body round which the earth and planets revolve, by which they are held in their orbits, and from which they receive light and heat. Its mean distance from the earth is about 92,500,000 miles, and its diameter about 860,000. Note: Its mean apparent diameter as seen from the earth is 32[b7] 4[sec], and it revolves on its own axis once in 25[frac13] days. Its mean density is about one fourth of that of the earth, or 1.41, that of water being unity. Its luminous surface is called the photosphere, above which is an envelope consisting partly of hydrogen, called the chromosphere, which can be seen only through the spectroscope, or at the time of a total solar eclipse. Above the chromosphere, and sometimes extending out millions of miles, are luminous rays or streams of light which are visible only at the time of a total eclipse, forming the solar corona. 2. Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs. 3. The direct light or warmth of the sun; sunshine. Lambs that did frisk in the sun. --Shak. 4. That which resembles the sun, as in splendor or importance; any source of light, warmth, or animation. For the Lord God is a sun and shield. --Ps. lxxiv. 11. I will never consent to put out the sun of sovereignity to posterity. --Eikon Basilike. {Sun and planet wheels} (Mach.), an ingenious contrivance for converting reciprocating motion, as that of the working beam of a steam engine, into rotatory motion. It consists of a toothed wheel (called the sun wheel), firmly secured to the shaft it is desired to drive, and another wheel (called the planet wheel) secured to the end of a connecting rod. By the motion of the connecting rod, the planet wheel is made to circulate round the central wheel on the shaft, communicating to this latter a velocity of revolution the double of its own. --G. Francis. {Sun angel} (Zo[94]l.), a South American humming bird of the genus {Heliangelos}, noted for its beautiful colors and the brilliant luster of the feathers of its throat. {Sun animalcute}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Heliozoa}. {Sun bath} (Med.), exposure of a patient to the sun's rays; insolation. {Sun bear} (Zo[94]l.), a species of bear ({Helarctos Malayanus}) native of Southern Asia and Borneo. It has a small head and short neck, and fine short glossy fur, mostly black, but brownish on the nose. It is easily tamed. Called also {bruang}, and {Malayan bear}. {Sun beetle} (Zo[94]l.), any small lustrous beetle of the genus {Amara}. {Sun bittern} (Zo[94]l.), a singular South American bird ({Eurypyga helias}), in some respects related both to the rails and herons. It is beautifully variegated with white, brown, and black. Called also {sunbird}, and {tiger bittern}. {Sun fever} (Med.), the condition of fever produced by sun stroke. {Sun gem} (Zo[94]l.), a Brazilian humming bird ({Heliactin cornutus}). Its head is ornamented by two tufts of bright colored feathers, fiery crimson at the base and greenish yellow at the tip. Called also {Horned hummer}. {Sun grebe} (Zo[94]l.), the finfoot. {Sun picture}, a picture taken by the agency of the sun's rays; a photograph. {Sun spots} (Astron.), dark spots that appear on the sun's disk, consisting commonly of a black central portion with a surrounding border of lighter shade, and usually seen only by the telescope, but sometimes by the naked eye. They are very changeable in their figure and dimensions, and vary in size from mere apparent points to spaces of 50,000 miles in diameter. The term sun spots is often used to include bright spaces (called facul[91]) as well as dark spaces (called macul[91]). Called also {solar spots}. See Illustration in Appendix. {Sun star} (Zo[94]l.), any one of several species of starfishes belonging to {Solaster}, {Crossaster}, and allied genera, having numerous rays. {Sun trout} (Zo[94]l.), the squeteague. {Sun wheel}. (Mach.) See {Sun and planet wheels}, above. {Under the sun}, in the world; on earth. [bd]There is no new thing under the sun.[b8] --Eccl. i. 9. Note: Sun is often used in the formation of compound adjectives of obvious meaning; as, sun-bright, sun-dried, sun-gilt, sunlike, sun-lit, sun-scorched, and the like. | |
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Weather \Weath"er\, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[88]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[edh]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[84]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith. vetra storm, Russ. vieter', vietr', wind, and E. wind. Cf. {Wither}.] 1. The state of the air or atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness, or any other meteorological phenomena; meteorological condition of the atmosphere; as, warm weather; cold weather; wet weather; dry weather, etc. Not amiss to cool a man's stomach this hot weather. --Shak. Fair weather cometh out of the north. --Job xxxvii. 22. 2. Vicissitude of season; meteorological change; alternation of the state of the air. --Bacon. 3. Storm; tempest. What gusts of weather from that gathering cloud My thoughts presage! --Dryden. 4. A light rain; a shower. [Obs.] --Wyclif. {Stress of weather}, violent winds; force of tempests. {To make fair weather}, to flatter; to give flattering representations. [R.] {To make good}, [or] {bad}, {weather} (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; -- said of a vessel. --Shak. {Under the weather}, ill; also, financially embarrassed. [Colloq. U. S.] --Bartlett. {Weather box}. Same as {Weather house}, below. --Thackeray. {Weather breeder}, a fine day which is supposed to presage foul weather. {Weather bureau}, a popular name for the signal service. See {Signal service}, under {Signal}, a. [U. S.] {Weather cloth} (Naut.), a long piece of canvas of tarpaulin used to preserve the hammocks from injury by the weather when stowed in the nettings. {Weather door}. (Mining) See {Trapdoor}, 2. {Weather gall}. Same as {Water gall}, 2. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. {Weather house}, a mechanical contrivance in the form of a house, which indicates changes in atmospheric conditions by the appearance or retirement of toy images. Peace to the artist whose ingenious thought Devised the weather house, that useful toy! --Cowper. {Weather molding}, [or] {Weather moulding} (Arch.), a canopy or cornice over a door or a window, to throw off the rain. {Weather of a windmill sail}, the obliquity of the sail, or the angle which it makes with its plane of revolution. {Weather report}, a daily report of meteorological observations, and of probable changes in the weather; esp., one published by government authority. {Weather spy}, a stargazer; one who foretells the weather. [R.] --Donne. {Weather strip} (Arch.), a strip of wood, rubber, or other material, applied to an outer door or window so as to cover the joint made by it with the sill, casings, or threshold, in order to exclude rain, snow, cold air, etc. | |
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{On the wing}. (a) Supported by, or flying with, the wings another. {On the wings of the wind}, with the utmost velocity. {Under the wing}, [or] {wings}, {of}, under the care or protection of. {Wing and wing} (Naut.), with sails hauled out on either side; -- said of a schooner, or her sails, when going before the wind with the foresail on one side and the mainsail on the other; also said of a square-rigged vessel which has her studding sails set. Cf. {Goosewinged}. {Wing case} (Zo[94]l.), one of the anterior wings of beetles, and of some other insects, when thickened and used to protect the hind wings; an elytron; -- called also {wing cover}. {Wing covert} (Zo[94]l.), one of the small feathers covering the bases of the wing quills. See {Covert}, n., 2. {Wing gudgeon} (Mach.), an iron gudgeon for the end of a wooden axle, having thin, broad projections to prevent it from turning in the wood. See Illust. of {Gudgeon}. {Wing shell} (Zo[94]l.), wing case of an insect. {Wing stroke}, the stroke or sweep of a wing. {Wing transom} (Naut.), the uppermost transom of the stern; -- called also {main transom}. --J. Knowles. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Both Jews and Gentiles . . . are all under sin. --Rom. iii. 9. That led the embattled seraphim to war Under thy conduct. --Milton. Who have their provand Only for bearing burdens, and sore blows For sinking under them. --Shak. (b) Denoting relation to something that exceeds in rank or degree, in number, size, weight, age, or the like; in a relation of the less to the greater, of inferiority, or of falling short. Three sons he dying left under age. --Spenser. Medicines take effect sometimes under, and sometimes above, the natural proportion of their virtue. --Hooker. There are several hundred parishes in England under twenty pounds a year. --Swift. It was too great an honor for any man under a duke. --Addison. Note: Hence, it sometimes means at, with, or for, less than; as, he would not sell the horse under sixty dollars. Several young men could never leave the pulpit under half a dozen conceits. --Swift. (c) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep. A crew who, under names of old renown . . . abused Fanatic Egypt. --Milton. Mr. Duke may be mentioned under the double capacity of a poet and a divine. --Felton. Under this head may come in the several contests and wars betwixt popes and the secular princes. --C. Leslie. (d) Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. --Milton. {Under arms}. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military service; as, the state has a million men under arms. {Under canvas}. (a) (Naut.) Moved or propelled by sails; -- said of any vessel with her sail set, but especially of a steamer using her sails only, as distinguished from one under steam. Under steam and canvas signifies that a vessel is using both means of propulsion. (b) (Mil.) Provided with, or sheltered in, tents. {Under fire}, exposed to an enemy's fire; taking part in a battle or general engagement. {Under foot}. See under {Foot}, n. {Under ground}, below the surface of the ground. {Under one's signature}, with one's signature or name subscribed; attested or confirmed by one's signature. Cf. the second Note under {Over}, prep. {Under sail}. (Naut.) (a) With anchor up, and under the influence of sails; moved by sails; in motion. (b) With sails set, though the anchor is down. (c) Same as {Under canvas} (a), above. --Totten. {Under sentence}, having had one's sentence pronounced. {Under the breath}, with low voice; very softly. {Under the lee} (Naut.), to the leeward; as, under the lee of the land. {Under the rose}. See under {Rose}, n. {Under water}, below the surface of the water. {Under way}, [or] {Under weigh} (Naut.), in a condition to make progress; having started. | |
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Yard \Yard\, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. {Gad}, n., {Gird}, n., {Gride}, v. i., {Hastate}.] 1. A rod; a stick; a staff. [Obs.] --P. Plowman. If men smote it with a yerde. --Chaucer. 2. A branch; a twig. [Obs.] The bitter frosts with the sleet and rain Destroyed hath the green in every yerd. --Chaucer. 3. A long piece of timber, as a rafter, etc. [Obs.] 4. A measure of length, equaling three feet, or thirty-six inches, being the standard of English and American measure. 5. The penis. 6. (Naut.) A long piece of timber, nearly cylindrical, tapering toward the ends, and designed to support and extend a square sail. A yard is usually hung by the center to the mast. See Illust. of {Ship}. {Golden Yard}, or {Yard and Ell} (Astron.), a popular name of the three stars in the belt of Orion. {Under yard} [i. e., under the rod], under contract. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Underact \Un`der*act"\, v. t. To perform inefficiently, as a play; to act feebly. | |
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Underaction \Un"der*ac`tion\, n. Subordinate action; a minor 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. | |
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Underactor \Un"der*ac`tor\, n. A subordinate actor. | |
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Under-age \Un"der-age`\, a. Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. --J. Webster. | |
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Underagent \Un"der*a`gent\, n. A subordinate agent. | |
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Underaid \Un`der*aid"\, v. t. To aid clandestinely. [Obs.] | |
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Under-arm \Un"der-arm\, a. (Cricket) Done (as bowling) with the arm not raised above the elbow, that is, not swung far out from the body; underhand. Cf. {Over-arm} and {Round-Arm}. | |
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Underback \Un"der*back`\, n. (Brewing) A vessel which receives the wort as it flows from the mashing tub. | |
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Underbear \Un`der*bear"\, v. t. [AS. underberan. See {Under}, and {Bear} to support.] 1. To support; to endure. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To line; to guard; to face; as, cloth of gold underborne with blue tinsel. [Obs.] --Shak. | |
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Underbearer \Un"der*bear`er\, n. 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. | |
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Underbid \Un`der*bid"\, v. t. 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. | |
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Underbind \Un`der*bind"\, v. t. To bind beneath. --Fairfax. | |
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Underboard \Un"der*board`\, adv. Under the board, or table; hence, secretly; unfairly; underhand. See the Note under {Aboveboard}. | |
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Underbrace \Un`der*brace\, v. t. To brace, fasten, or bind underneath or below. --Cowper. | |
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Underbranch \Un"der*branch`\, n. 1. A lower branch. 2. A twig or branchlet. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Underbred \Un"der*bred`\, a. Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. --Goldsmith. | |
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Underbrush \Un"der*brush`\, n. Shrubs, small trees, and the like, in a wood or forest, growing beneath large trees; undergrowth. | |
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Underbuilder \Un"der*build`er\, n. A subordinate or assistant builder. An underbuilder in the house of God. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Underbuilding \Un"der*build`ing\, n. Same as {Substruction}. | |
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Underbuy \Un`der*buy"\, v. t. To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than. [R.] --J. Fletcher. | |
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Undercast \Un`der*cast"\, v. t. To cast under or beneath. | |
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Underchamberlain \Un`der*cham"ber*lain\, n. A deputy chamberlain of the exchequer. | |
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Underchanter \Un`der*chant"er\, n. Same as {Subchanter}. | |
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Underchaps \Un"der*chaps`\, n. pl. The lower chaps or jaw. --Paley. | |
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Undercharge \Un`der*charge"\, v. t. 1. To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services. 2. To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun. {Undercharged mine} (Mil.), a mine whose crater is not as wide at top as it is deep. --W. P. Craighill. | |
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Undercharge \Un"der*charge`\, n. A charge that is less than is usual or suitable. | |
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Undercharge \Un`der*charge"\, v. t. 1. To charge below or under; to charge less than is usual or suitable fro; as, to undercharge goods or services. 2. To put too small a charge into; as, to undercharge a gun. {Undercharged mine} (Mil.), a mine whose crater is not as wide at top as it is deep. --W. P. Craighill. | |
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Underclay \Un"der*clay`\, n. (Geol.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the {Stigmaria}. | |
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Undercliff \Un"der*cliff`\, n. A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above. | |
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Underclothes \Un"der*clothes`\, n. pl. Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth. | |
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Underclothing \Un"der*cloth`ing\, n. Same as {Underclothes}. | |
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Undercoat \Un"der*coat`\, n. 1. A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat. 2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat. | |
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Underconduct \Un"der*con`duct\, n. A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Underconsumption \Un`der*con*sump"tion\, n. (Polit. Econ.) Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount. --F. A. Walk[?]r. | |
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Undercraft \Un"der*craft`\, n. A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors. [R.] --Sterne. | |
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Undercreep \Un`der*creep"\, v. i. To creep secretly or privily. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Undercrest \Un`der*crest"\, v. t. To support as a crest; to bear. [Obs. & R.] --Shak. | |
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Undercroft \Un"der*croft\, n. [Under + Prov. E. croft a vault; cf. OD. krochte crypt, and E. crypt.] (Arch.) A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see {Crypt}), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose. | |
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Undercry \Un`der*cry"\, v. i. To cry aloud. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Undercurrent \Un"der*cur`rent\, n. 1. A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface. --Totten. 2. Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a prisoner. All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her. --G. Eliot. | |
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Undercurrent \Un"der*cur`rent\, a. Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.] [bd]Undercurrent woe.[b8] --Tennyson. | |
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Undercut \Un"der*cut`\, p.a. Cut away below. | |
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Undercut \Un"der*cut`\, n. The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the fillet. | |
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Undercut \Un`der*cut"\, v. t. To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to leave an overhanging portion. | |
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Underdealing \Un"der*deal`ing\, n. Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery. --Milton. | |
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Underdelve \Un`der*delve"\, v. t. To delve under. [Obs.] | |
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Underdig \Un`der*dig"\, v. t. To dig under or beneath; to undermine. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Underditch \Un`der*ditch"\, v. t. To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm. | |
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Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. i. To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo. --Grew. | |
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Underdo \Un`der*do"\, v. t. To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to {overdo}. | |
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Underdoer \Un"der*do`er\, n. One who underdoes; a shirk. | |
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Underdolven \Un`der*dolv"en\, obs. p. p. of {Underdelve}. | |
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Underdose \Un"der*dose`\, n. A dose which is less than required; a small or insufficient dose. | |
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Underdose \Un`der*dose"\, v. t. & i. To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses. | |
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Underdrain \Un"der*drain`\, n. An underground drain or trench with openings through which the water may percolate from the soil or ground above. | |
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Underdrain \Un`der*drain"\, v. t. To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land. | |
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Underdressed \Un`der*dressed"\, a. Not dresses enough. | |
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Underestimate \Un`der*es"ti*mate\, v. t. To set to[?] low a value on; to estimate below the truth. | |
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Underestimate \Un`der*es"ti*mate\, n. The act of underestimating; too low an estimate. | |
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Underfaction \Un"der*fac`tion\, n. A subordinate party or faction. | |
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Underfaculty \Un"der*fac`ul*ty\, n. An inferior or subordinate faculty. | |
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Underfarmer \Un"der*farm`er\, n. An assistant farmer. | |
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Underfeed \Un`der*feed"\, v. t. To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food. | |
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Underfellow \Un"der*fel`low\, n. An underling [?][?] mean, low fellow. [R.] -- Sir P. Sidney. | |
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Underfilling \Un"der*fill`ing\, n. The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Underfollow \Un`der*fol"low\, v. t. To follow closely or immediately after. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Underfong \Un`der*fong"\, v. t. [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underf[?]n to undertake; under under + f[?]n to take. See {Fang} to seize.] 1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Rom. of R. 2. To insnare; to circumvent. [Obs.] --Spenser. 3. To sustain; to support; to guard. --Nash. | |
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Underfoot \Un`der*foot"\, adv. Under the feet; underneath; below. See {Under foot}, under {Foot}, n. | |
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Underfoot \Un`der*foot"\, a. Low; base; abject; trodden down. | |
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Underfringe \Un"der*fringe`\, n. A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something. Broad-faced, with underfringe of russet beard. --Tennyson. | |
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Underfurnish \Un`der*fur"nish\, v. t. To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently. --Collier. | |
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Underfurrow \Un`der*fur"row\, v. t. To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure. | |
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Under-garment \Un"der-gar`ment\, n. A garment worn below another. | |
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Underget \Un`der*get"\, v. t. To get under or beneath; also, to understand. [Obs.] --R. of Gloucester. | |
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Undergird \Un`der*gird"\, v. t. To blind below; to gird round the bottom. They used helps, undergirding the ship. --Acts xxvii. 17. | |
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Underglaze \Un"der*glaze`\, a. Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting. | |
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Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone} (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[be]n. See {Under}, and {Go}.] 1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.] 2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. 3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.] Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo. --Shak. 4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.] I have moved already Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an enterprise. --Shak. 5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. --Shak. | |
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Undergod \Un"der*god`\, n. A lower or inferio[?] god; a subordinate deity; a demigod. | |
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Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone} (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[be]n. See {Under}, and {Go}.] 1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.] 2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. 3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.] Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo. --Shak. 4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.] I have moved already Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an enterprise. --Shak. 5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. --Shak. | |
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Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone} (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[be]n. See {Under}, and {Go}.] 1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.] 2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. 3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.] Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo. --Shak. 4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.] I have moved already Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an enterprise. --Shak. 5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. --Shak. | |
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Undergore \Un`der*gore"\, v. t. To gore underneath. | |
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Undergown \Un"der*gown`\, n. A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress. An undergown and kirtle of pale sea-green silk. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Undergraduate \Un`der*grad"u*ate\, n. A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course. | |
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Undergraduate \Un`der*grad"u*ate\, a. Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates. | |
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Undergraduateship \Un`der*grad"u*ate*ship\, n. The position or condition of an undergraduate. | |
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Undergroan \Un`der*groan\, v. t. To groan beneath. [Obs.] Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. --Chapman. | |
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Underground \Un"der*ground`\, n. The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space. A spirit raised from depth of underground. --Shak. | |
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Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a. 1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment. 2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.] {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. See under {Railroad}. | |
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Underground \Un"der*ground`\, adv. Beneath the surface of the earth. | |
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Underground insurance \Un"der*ground` in*sur"ance\ Wildcat insurance. | |
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Railroad \Rail"road`\, Railway \Rail"way`\, n. 1. A road or way consisting of one or more parallel series of iron or steel rails, patterned and adjusted to be tracks for the wheels of vehicles, and suitably supported on a bed or substructure. Note: The modern railroad is a development and adaptation of the older tramway. 2. The road, track, etc., with al the lands, buildings, rolling stock, franchises, etc., pertaining to them and constituting one property; as, certain railroad has been put into the hands of a receiver. Note: Railway is the commoner word in England; railroad the commoner word in the United States. Note: In the following and similar phrases railroad and railway are used interchangeably: {Atmospheric railway}, {Elevated railway}, etc. See under {Atmospheric}, {Elevated}, etc. {Cable railway}. See {Cable road}, under {Cable}. {Perry railway}, a submerged track on which an elevated platform runs, fro carrying a train of cars across a water course. {Gravity railway}, a railway, in a hilly country, on which the cars run by gravity down gentle slopes for long distances after having been hauled up steep inclines to an elevated point by stationary engines. {Railway brake}, a brake used in stopping railway cars or locomotives. {Railway car}, a large, heavy vehicle with flanged wheels fitted for running on a railway. [U.S.] {Railway carriage}, a railway passenger car. [Eng.] {Railway scale}, a platform scale bearing a track which forms part of the line of a railway, for weighing loaded cars. {Railway slide}. See {Transfer table}, under {Transfer}. {Railway spine} (Med.), an abnormal condition due to severe concussion of the spinal cord, such as occurs in railroad accidents. It is characterized by ataxia and other disturbances of muscular function, sensory disorders, pain in the back, impairment of general health, and cerebral disturbance, -- the symptoms often not developing till some months after the injury. {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. (a) A railroad or railway running through a tunnel, as beneath the streets of a city. (b) Formerly, a system of co[94]peration among certain active antislavery people in the United States, by which fugitive slaves were secretly helped to reach Canada. Note: [In the latter sense railroad, and not railway, was used.] [bd]Their house was a principal entrep[93]t of the underground railroad.[b8] --W. D. Howells. | |
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Underground \Un"der*ground`\, a. 1. Being below the surface of the ground; as, an underground story or apartment. 2. Done or occurring out of sight; secret. [Colloq.] {Underground railroad} [or] {railway}. See under {Railroad}. | |
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Undergrove \Un"der*grove`\, n. A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones. --Wordsworth. | |
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Undergrow \Un`der*grow"\, v. i. To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or height. --Wyclif. | |
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Undergrow \Un`der*grow"\, a. Undergrown. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Undergrown \Un`der*grown"\, a. Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size. | |
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Undergrowth \Un"der*growth`\, n. That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. --Milton. | |
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Undergrub \Un`der*grub"\, v. t. To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. | |
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Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, a. 1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent. --Addison. 2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow. | |
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Underhand \Un"der*hand`\, adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly. Such mean revenge, committed underhand. --Dryden. Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their maintenance. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; -- said of pitching or bowling. | |
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Underhanded \Un"der*hand`ed\, a. 1. Underhand; clandestine. | |
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Underhandedly \Un"der*hand`ed*ly\, adv. In an underhand manner. | |
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Underhang \Un`der*hang"\, v. t. & i. To hang under or down; to suspend. --Holland. | |
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Underhangman \Un"der*hang`man\, n. An assistant or deputy hangman. --Shak. | |
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Underhead \Un"der*head`\, n. A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Underheave \Un`der*heave"\, v. i. To heave or lift from below. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Underhew \Un`der*hew"\, v. t. To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain. --Haldeman. | |
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Underhonest \Un`der*hon"est\, a. Not entirely honest. [R.] [bd]We think him overproud and underhonest.[b8] --Shak. | |
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Underrun \Un`der*run"\, v. t. {To underrun a hose} (Naut.), to lift it up at one end, then walk along shifting one hand after another so that the water will run out. Underslung \Un"der*slung`\, Underhung \Un"der*hung"\, a. Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. | |
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Underhung \Un`der*hung"\, a. 1. (Carp.) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door. --Forney. 2. Having the lower jaw projecting. --T. Hughes. | |
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Underjaw \Un"der*jaw`\, n. The lower jaw. --Paley. | |
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Underjoin \Un`der*join"\, v. t. To join below or beneath; to subjoin. --Wyclif. | |
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Underkeep \Un`der*keep"\, v. t. To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Underkeeper \Un"der*keep`er\, n. A subordinate keeper or guardian. --Gray. | |
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Underkind \Un"der*kind`\, n. An inferior kind. --Dryden. | |
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Underkingdom \Un"der*king`dom\, n. A subordinate or dependent kingdom. --Tennyson. | |
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Underlaborer \Un"der*la`bor*er\, n. An assistant or subordinate laborer. --Locke. | |
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Underlaid \Un`der*laid"\, a. Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath. | |
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Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. t. [AS. underlecgan. See {Under}, and {Lay}, v. t.] 1. To lay beneath; to put under. 2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See {Underlay}, n., 2. 3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.] | |
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Underlay \Un`der*lay"\, v. i. (Mining) To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. | |
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Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}. 2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression. | |
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Underlayer \Un"der*lay`er\, n. 1. One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer. 2. (Mining) A perpendicular shaft sunk to cut the lode at any required depth. --Weale. | |
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Underleaf \Un"der*leaf`\, n. A prolific sort of apple, good for cider. [Obs.] --Mortimer. | |
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Underlease \Un"der*lease\, n. (Law) A lease granted by a tenant or lessee; especially, a lease granted by one who is himself a lessee for years, for any fewer or less number of years than he himself holds; a sublease. --Burrill. | |
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Underlet \Un`der*let"\, v. t. 1. To let below the value. All my farms were underlet. --Smollett. 2. To let or lease at second hand; to sublet. | |
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Underletter \Un"der*let`ter\, n. A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another. | |
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Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See {Under}, and {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel. 2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory. 3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}. 2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression. | |
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Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. i. To lie below or under. | |
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Underlie \Un"der*lie`\, n. See {Underlay}, n., 1. | |
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Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See {Under}, and {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel. 2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory. 3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}. 2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression. | |
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Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. i. To lie below or under. | |
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Underlie \Un"der*lie`\, n. See {Underlay}, n., 1. | |
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Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. t. [AS. underlicgan. See {Under}, and {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel. 2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory. 3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. --Sir W. Scott. | |
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Underlay \Un"der*lay`\, n. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also {underlie}. 2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression. | |
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Underlie \Un`der*lie"\, v. i. To lie below or under. | |
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Underlie \Un"der*lie`\, n. See {Underlay}, n., 1. | |
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Underline \Un`der*line"\, v. t. 1. To mark a line below, as words; to underscore. 2. To influence secretly. [Obs.] --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Underling \Un"der*ling\, n. [Under + -ling.] An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; hence, a mean, sorry fellow. --Milton. he fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. --Shak. | |
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Underlip \Un"der*lip`\, n. The lower lip. | |
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Underload starter \Un"der*load start`er\ (Elec.) A motor starter provided with an underload switch. | |
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Underload switch \Underload switch\ (Elec.) A switch which opens a circuit when the current falls below a certain predetermined value, used to protect certain types of motors from running at excessive speed upon decrease of load. | |
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Underlock \Un"der*lock`\, n. A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep. | |
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Underlocker \Un"der*lock`er\, n. (Mining) A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also {underviewer}. | |
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Underlying \Un`der*ly"ing\, a. Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles. | |
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Undermanned \Un`der*manned"\, a. (Naut.) Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed. | |
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Undermasted \Un"der*mast`ed\, a. (Naut.) Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels. --Totten. | |
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Undermaster \Un"der*mas`ter\, n. A master subordinate to the principal master; an assistant master. | |
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Undermatch \Un"der*match`\, n. One who is not a match for another. --Fuller. | |
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Undermeal \Un"der*meal`\, n. [AS. under under + m[?]l part or portion; cf. AS. underm[?]l midday. See {Under}, {Meal} a part, and cf. {Undern}.] 1. The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In undermeals and in mornings. --Chaucer. 2. Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing. --Withals (1608). I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for one undermeal. --B. Jonson. In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers. --Nash. | |
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Undermine \Un`der*mine"\, v. t. 1. To excavate the earth beneath, or the 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. 2. Fig.: To remove the foundation or support of by clandestine means; to ruin in an underhand way; as, to undermine reputation; to undermine the constitution of the state. He should be warned who are like to undermine him. --Locke. | |
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Underminer \Un`der*min"er\, n. One who undermines. | |
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Underminister \Un`der*min"is*ter\, v. t. To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Underministry \Un`der*min"is*try\, n. A subordinate or inferior ministry. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Undermirth \Un"der*mirth`\, n. Suppressed or concealed mirth. [Obs.] --The Coronation. | |
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Undermoneyed \Un`der*mon"eyed\, a. Bribed. [R.] --Fuller. | |
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Undermost \Un"der*most\, a. [From {Under}; cf. {Aftermost}.] Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition. --Addison. | |
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Undern \Un"dern\, n. [AS. undern; akin to OS. undorn, OHG. untarn, untorn, Icel. undorn mid afternoon, mid forenoon, Goth. unda[a3]rnimats the midday meal. Cf. {Undermeal}, {Undertime}.] The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, 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. | |
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Underneath \Un`der*neath"\, adv. [OE. undirnepe. See {Under}, and {Beneath}.] Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil. Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. --Milton. | |
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Underneath \Un`der*neath"\, prep. Under; beneath; below. Underneath this stone lie As much beauty as could die. --B. Jonson. | |
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Underniceness \Un`der*nice"ness\, n. A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety. | |
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Undernime \Un`der*nime"\, v. t. [imp. {Undernom}.] [OE. undernimen. See {Under}, and {Nim}.] 1. To receive; to perceive. [Obs.] He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. --Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Undernime \Un`der*nime"\, v. t. [imp. {Undernom}.] [OE. undernimen. See {Under}, and {Nim}.] 1. To receive; to perceive. [Obs.] He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. --Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. | |
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Underofficer \Un"der*of`fi*cer\, n. A subordinate officer. | |
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Underpart \Un"der*part`\, n. A subordinate part. It should be lightened with underparts of mirth. --Dryden. | |
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Underpay \Un`der*pay"\, v. t. To pay inadequately. | |
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Underpeep \Un`der*peep"\, v. t. To peep under. [bd]The flame . . . would underpeep her lids.[b8] [R.] --Shak. | |
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Underpeer \Un`der*peer"\, v. t. To peer under. [R.] | |
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Underpeopled \Un`der*peo"pled\, a. Not fully peopled. | |
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Underpight \Un`der*pight"\, imp. of {Underpitch}. | |
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Underpitch \Un`der*pitch"\, v. t. [imp. {Underpight}.] [OE. underpicchen. See {Under}, and {Pitch} to throw, fix.] To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. --Chaucer. | |
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Underpin \Un`der*pin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underpinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underpinning}.] 1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. 2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. | |
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Underpin \Un`der*pin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underpinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underpinning}.] 1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. 2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. | |
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Underpin \Un`der*pin"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underpinned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underpinning}.] 1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest. 2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support. | |
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Underpinning \Un"der*pin`ning\, n. 1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like. 2. (Arch.) (a) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support, introduced beneath a wall already constructed. (b) The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [Local, U. S.] | |
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Underpitch \Un`der*pitch"\, v. t. [imp. {Underpight}.] [OE. underpicchen. See {Under}, and {Pitch} to throw, fix.] To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. --Chaucer. | |
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Underplant \Un`der*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underplanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underplanting}.] To plant under; specif. (Forestry), to plant (young trees) under an existing stand. | |
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Underplant \Un`der*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underplanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underplanting}.] To plant under; specif. (Forestry), to plant (young trees) under an existing stand. | |
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Underplant \Un`der*plant"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underplanted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underplanting}.] To plant under; specif. (Forestry), to plant (young trees) under an existing stand. | |
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Underplay \Un`der*play"\, v. i. 1. To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part. 2. (Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage. | |
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Underplay \Un"der*play`\, n. (Card Playing) The act of underplaying. | |
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Underplot \Un"der*plot`\, n. 1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. --Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. --Addison. | |
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Underpoise \Un`der*poise"\, v. t. To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. [R.] --Marston. | |
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Underpossessor \Un"der*pos*sess`or\, n. One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior of another. --Jer. Taylor. | |
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Underpraise \Un`der*praise"\, v. t. To praise below desert. | |
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Underprize \Un`der*prize"\, v. t. To undervalue; to underestimate. --Shak. | |
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Underproduction \Un`der*pro*duc"tion\, n. (Polit. Econ.) The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply. --F. A. Walker. | |
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Underproof \Un"der*proof`\, a. Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See {Proof spirit}, under {Spirit}. | |
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Underprop \Un`der*prop"\, v. t. To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. --Fenton. | |
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Underproper \Un"der*prop`er\, n. One who, or that which, underprops or supports. | |
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Underproportioned \Un`der*pro*por"tioned\, a. Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor. Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility. --Collier. | |
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Underpull \Un`der*pull"\, v. i. To exert one's influence secretly. [Obs.] --Ld. North. | |
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Underpuller \Un"der*pull`er\, n. One who underpulls. [Obs.] | |
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Underput \Un`der*put"\, v. t. To put or send under. [Obs.] | |
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Underrate \Un`der*rate"\, v. t. To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. --Burke. | |
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Underrate \Un"der*rate`\, n. A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. --Cowley. | |
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Underreckon \Un`der*reck"on\, v. t. To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate. --Bp. Hall. | |
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Underrun \Un`der*run"\, v. t. {To underrun a hose} (Naut.), to lift it up at one end, then walk along shifting one hand after another so that the water will run out. Underslung \Un"der*slung`\, Underhung \Un"der*hung"\, a. Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. | |
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Underrun \Un`der*run"\, v. t. To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it. Note: The cable passes over the bows and stern of the boat used, while the men haul the boat along by pulling upon the cable. --Totten. {To underrun a tackle} (Naut.), to separate its parts and put them in order. | |
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Undersail \Un`der*sail"\, v. i. To sail alongshore. [Obs.] | |
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Undersailed \Un"der*sailed`\, a. Inadequately equipped with sails. [Obs.] | |
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Undersaturated \Un`der*sat"u*ra`ted\, a. Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated. | |
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Undersay \Un`der*say"\, v. t. To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Underscore \Un`der*score"\, v. t. To draw a mark or line under; to underline. --J. Tucker. | |
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Undersecretary \Un`der*sec"re*ta*ry\, n. A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury. | |
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Undersell \Un`der*sell"\, v. t. To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than. | |
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Underservant \Un"der*serv`ant\, n. An inferior servant. | |
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Underset \Un`der*set"\, v. t. To prop or support. --Bacon. | |
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Underset \Un"der*set`\, n. (Naut.) Undercurrent. | |
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Undersetter \Un"der*set`ter\, n. One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal. | |
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Undersetting \Un"der*set`ting\, n. Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. --Sir H. Wotton. | |
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Undershapen \Un"der*shap`en\, a. Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish. [Poetic] His dwarf, a vicious undershapen thing. --Tennyson. | |
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Undersheriff \Un"der*sher`iff\, n. A sheriff's deputy. | |
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Undersheriffry \Un"der*sher`iff*ry\, n. Undershrievalty. [Obs.] | |
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Undershirt \Un"der*shirt`\, n. A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also {undervest}. | |
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Undershoot \Un`der*shoot"\, v. t. To shoot short of (a mark). | |
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Undershot \Un"der*shot`\, a. 1. (Zo[94]l.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog. 2. Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel. | |
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Water wheel \Wa"ter wheel`\ 1. Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; -- called an {overshot wheel} when the water is applied at the top, an {undershot wheel} when at the bottom, a {breast wheel} when at an intermediate point; other forms are called {reaction wheel}, {vortex wheel}, {turbine wheel}, etc. 2. The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. 3. A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like. | |
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Undershrievalty \Un"der*shriev"al*ty\, n. The office or position of an undersheriff. | |
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Undershrieve \Un"der*shrieve`\, n. (Bot.) A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature. | |
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Undershrub \Un"der*shrub`\, a. Partly shrublike. | |
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Undershut \Un"der*shut`\, a. Closed from beneath. {Undershut valve} (Mach.), a valve which shuts by being lifted against a seat facing downward. --Knight. | |
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Undershut \Un"der*shut`\, a. Closed from beneath. {Undershut valve} (Mach.), a valve which shuts by being lifted against a seat facing downward. --Knight. | |
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Underside \Un"der*side`\, n. The lower or lowest side of anything. --Paley. | |
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Undersign \Un`der*sign"\, v. t. To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument. {The undersigned}, the person whose name is signed, or the persons whose names are signed, at the end of a document; the subscriber or subscribers. | |
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Undersized \Un"der*sized`\, a. Of a size less than is common. | |
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Underskinker \Un"der*skink`er\, n. Undertapster. [Obs.] | |
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Underskirt \Un"der*skirt`\, n. A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress. | |
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Undersky \Un"der*sky`\, n. The lower region of the sky. Floating about the undersky. --Tennyson. | |
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Undersleeve \Un"der*sleeve`\, n. A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another, | |
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Underrun \Un`der*run"\, v. t. {To underrun a hose} (Naut.), to lift it up at one end, then walk along shifting one hand after another so that the water will run out. Underslung \Un"der*slung`\, Underhung \Un"der*hung"\, a. Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. | |
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Undersoil \Un"der*soil`\, n. The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil. | |
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Undersold \Un`der*sold"\, p. p. of {Undersell}. | |
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Undersong \Un"der*song`\, n. 1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. --Dryden. 2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend. --Landor. | |
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Undersparred \Un"der*sparred`\, a. (Naut.) Having spars smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels. | |
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Underspend \Un`der*spend"\, v. t. To spend less than. | |
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Undersphere \Un"der*sphere`\, n. 1. A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite. 2. An inferior sphere, or field of action. | |
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Underspore \Un`der*spore"\, v. t. To raise with a spar, or piece of wood, used as a lever. [Obs.] Give me a staff that I may underspore. --Chaucer. | |
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Understair \Un"der*stair`\, a. Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial. [Obs.] | |
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Understairs \Un"der*stairs`\, n. The basement or cellar. | |
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Understand \Un`der*stand"\ ([ucr]n`d[etil]r*st[acr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood}, and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See {Under}, and {Stand}.] 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink. | |
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Understand \Un`der*stand"\, v. i. 1. To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being. Imparadised in you, in whom alone I understand, and grow, and see. --Donne. 2. To be informed; to have or receive knowledge. I came to Jerusalem, and understood of the evil that Eliashib did for Tobiah. --Neh. xiii. 7. | |
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Understandable \Un`der*stand"a*ble\, a. Capable of being understood; intelligible. --Chillingworth. | |
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Understand \Un`der*stand"\ ([ucr]n`d[etil]r*st[acr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood}, and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See {Under}, and {Stand}.] 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink. | |
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Understander \Un`der*stand"er\, n. One who understands, or knows by experience. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Understand \Un`der*stand"\ ([ucr]n`d[etil]r*st[acr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood}, and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See {Under}, and {Stand}.] 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink. | |
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Understanding \Un`der*stand"ing\, a. Knowing; intelligent; skillful; as, he is an understanding man. | |
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Understanding \Un`der*stand"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation. 2. An agreement of opinion or feeling; adjustment of differences; harmony; anything mutually understood or agreed upon; as, to come to an understanding with another. He hoped the loyalty of his subjects would concur with him in the preserving of a good understanding between him and his people. --Clarendon. 3. The power to understand; the intellectual faculty; the intelligence; the rational powers collectively conceived an designated; the higher capacities of the intellect; the power to distinguish truth from falsehood, and to adapt means to ends. There is a spirit in man; and the inspiration of the Almighty them understanding. --Job xxxii. 8. The power of perception is that which we call the understanding. Perception, which we make the act of the understanding, is of three sorts: 1. The perception of ideas in our mind; 2. The perception of the signification of signs; 3. The perception of the connection or repugnancy, agreement or disagreement, that there is between any of our ideas. All these are attributed to the understanding, or perceptive power, though it be the two latter only that use allows us to say we understand. --Locke. In its wider acceptation, understanding is the entire power of perceiving an conceiving, exclusive of the sensibility: the power of dealing with the impressions of sense, and composing them into wholes, according to a law of unity; and in its most comprehensive meaning it includes even simple apprehension. --Coleridge. 4. Specifically, the discursive faculty; the faculty of knowing by the medium or use of general conceptions or relations. In this sense it is contrasted with, and distinguished from, the reason. I use the term understanding, not for the noetic faculty, intellect proper, or place of principles, but for the dianoetic or discursive faculty in its widest signification, for the faculty of relations or comparisons; and thus in the meaning in which [bd]verstand[b8] is now employed by the Germans. --Sir W. Hamilton. Syn: Sense; intelligence; perception. See {Sense}. | |
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Understandingly \Un`der*stand"ing*ly\, adv. In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. --J. Hawes. | |
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Understate \Un`der*state"\, v. t. To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully. | |
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Understatement \Un"der*state`ment\, n. The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth. | |
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Understock \Un`der*stock"\, v. t. To supply insufficiently with stock. --A. Smith. | |
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Understand \Un`der*stand"\ ([ucr]n`d[etil]r*st[acr]nd"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Understood}, and Archaic {Understanded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Understanding}.] [OE. understanden, AS. understandan, literally, to stand under; cf. AS. forstandan to understand, G. verstehen. The development of sense is not clear. See {Under}, and {Stand}.] 1. To have just and adequate ideas of; to apprehended the meaning or intention of; to have knowledge of; to comprehend; to know; as, to understand a problem in Euclid; to understand a proposition or a declaration; the court understands the advocate or his argument; to understand the sacred oracles; to understand a nod or a wink. | |
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Understood \Un`der*stood"\, imp. & p. p. of {Understand}. | |
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Understrapper \Un"der*strap`per\, n. A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling. This was going to the fountain head at once, not applying to the understrappers. --Goldsmith. | |
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Understrapping \Un"der*strap`ping\, a. Becoming an understrapper; subservient. [R.] --Sterne. | |
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Understratum \Un"der*stra`tum\, n.; pl. L. {Understrata}, E. {Understratums}. The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil. | |
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Understratum \Un"der*stra`tum\, n.; pl. L. {Understrata}, E. {Understratums}. The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil. | |
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Understratum \Un"der*stra`tum\, n.; pl. L. {Understrata}, E. {Understratums}. The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil. | |
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Understroke \Un`der*stroke"\, v. t. To underline or underscore. --Swift. | |
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Understudy \Un"der*stud`y\, v. t. & i. (Theater) To study, as another actor's part, in order to be his substitute in an emergency; to study another actor's part. | |
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Understudy \Un"der*stud`y\, n. One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency. | |
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Undersuit \Un"der*suit`\, n. A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes. | |
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Undertakable \Un`der*tak"a*ble\, a. Capable of being undertaken; practicable. | |
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Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Undertook}; p. p. {Undertaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undertaking}.] [Under + take.] 1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. --Milton. 2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak. 3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden. And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. --Woodward. 4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. --Shak. 6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser. 7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] [bd]Who undertakes you to your end.[b8] --Shak. Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer. | |
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Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. i. 1. To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province. O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. --Isa. xxxviii. 14. 2. To venture; to hazard. [Obs.] It is the cowish terror of his spirit That dare not undertake. --Shak. 3. To give a promise or guarantee; to be surety. But on mine honor dare I undertake For good lord Titus' innocence in all. --Shak. | |
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Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Undertook}; p. p. {Undertaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undertaking}.] [Under + take.] 1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. --Milton. 2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak. 3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden. And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. --Woodward. 4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. --Shak. 6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser. 7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] [bd]Who undertakes you to your end.[b8] --Shak. Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer. | |
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Undertaker \Un`der*tak"er\, n. 1. One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business. --Beau. & Fl. 2. One who stipulates or covenants to perform any work for another; a contractor. To sign deputations for undertakes to furnish their proportions of saltpeter. --Evelyn. In come some other undertakes, and promise us the same or greater wonders. --South. 3. Specifically, one who takes the charge and management of funerals. | |
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Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Undertook}; p. p. {Undertaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undertaking}.] [Under + take.] 1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. --Milton. 2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak. 3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden. And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. --Woodward. 4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. --Shak. 6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser. 7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] [bd]Who undertakes you to your end.[b8] --Shak. Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer. | |
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Undertaking \Un`der*tak"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business. --Hakluyt. 2. That which is undertaken; any business, work, or project which a person engages in, or attempts to perform; an enterprise. 3. Specifically, the business of an undertaker, or the management of funerals. 4. A promise or pledge; a guarantee. --A. Trollope. | |
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Undertapster \Un`der*tap"ster\, n. Assistant to a tapster. | |
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Undertaxed \Un"der*taxed`\, a. Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others. | |
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Undertenancy \Un"der*ten`an*cy\, n. Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant. | |
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Undertenant \Un"der*ten`ant\, n. The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee. | |
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Underthing \Un"der**thing`\, n. Something that is inferior and of little worth. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. | |
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Undertide \Un"der*tide`\, Undertime \Un"der*time`\, n. [Under + {tide}, time. Cf. {Undern}.] The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. [Obs.] He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. --Spenser. | |
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Undertide \Un"der*tide`\, Undertime \Un"der*time`\, n. [Under + {tide}, time. Cf. {Undern}.] The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening. [Obs.] He, coming home at undertime, there found The fairest creature that he ever saw. --Spenser. | |
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Undertone \Un"der*tone`\, n. A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual. | |
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Undertake \Un`der*take"\, v. t. [imp. {Undertook}; p. p. {Undertaken}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Undertaking}.] [Under + take.] 1. To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt. To second, or oppose, or undertake The perilous attempt. --Milton. 2. Specifically, to take upon one's self solemnly or expressly; to lay one's self under obligation, or to enter into stipulations, to perform or to execute; to covenant; to contract. I 'll undertake to land them on our coast. --Shak. 3. Hence, to guarantee; to promise; to affirm. And he was not right fat, I undertake. --Dryden. And those two counties I will undertake Your grace shall well and quietly enjoiy. --Shak. I dare undertake they will not lose their labor. --Woodward. 4. To assume, as a character. [Obs.] --Shak. 5. To engage with; to attack. [Obs.] It is not fit your lordship should undertake every companion that you give offense to. --Shak. 6. To have knowledge of; to hear. [Obs.] --Spenser. 7. To take or have the charge of. [Obs.] [bd]Who undertakes you to your end.[b8] --Shak. Keep well those that ye undertake. --Chaucer. | |
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Undertook \Un`der*took"\, imp. of {Undertake}. | |
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Undertow \Un"der*tow`\, n. (Naut.) The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore. | |
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Undertreasurer \Un"der*treas`ur*er\, n. An assistant treasurer. | |
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Underturn \Un`der*turn\, v. t. To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset. [Obs.] --Wyclif. | |
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Undervaluation \Un`der*val`u*a"tion\, n. The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth. | |
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Undervalue \Un`der*val"ue\, n. A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation. --Milton. | |
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Undervalue \Un`der*val"ue\, v. t. 1. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to depreciate. 2. To esteem lightly; to treat as of little worth; to hold in mean estimation; to despise. In comparison of it I undervalued all ensigns of authority. --Atterbury. I write not this with the least intention to undervalue the other parts of poetry. --Dryden. | |
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Undervaluer \Un"der*val"u*er\, n. One who undervalues. | |
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Underverse \Un"der*verse`\, n. The lower or second verse. [Obs.] | |
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Undershirt \Un"der*shirt`\, n. A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also {undervest}. | |
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Undervest \Un"der*vest`\, n. An undershirt. | |
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Undershirt \Un"der*shirt`\, n. A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also {undervest}. | |
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Undervest \Un"der*vest`\, n. An undershirt. | |
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Underlocker \Un"der*lock`er\, n. (Mining) A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also {underviewer}. | |
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Underviewer \Un"der*view`er\, n. See {Underlooker}. | |
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Underlocker \Un"der*lock`er\, n. (Mining) A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also {underviewer}. | |
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Underviewer \Un"der*view`er\, n. See {Underlooker}. | |
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Underwear \Un"der*wear`\, n. That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes. | |
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Underween \Un`der*ween"\, v. t. To undervalue. [Obs.] | |
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Undergo \Un`der*go"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwent}; p. p. {Undergone} (?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. {Undergoing}.] [AS. underg[be]n. See {Under}, and {Go}.] 1. To go or move below or under. [Obs.] 2. To be subjected to; to bear up against; to pass through; to endure; to suffer; to sustain; as, to undergo toil and fatigue; to undergo pain, grief, or anxiety; to undergothe operation of amputation; food in the stomach undergoes the process of digestion. Certain to undergo like doom. --Milton. 3. To be the bearer of; to possess. [Obs.] Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo. --Shak. 4. To undertake; to engage in; to hazard. [Obs.] I have moved already Some certain of the noblest-minded Romans To undergo with me an enterprise. --Shak. 5. To be subject or amenable to; to underlie. [Obs.] Claudio undergoes my challenge. --Shak. | |
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Underwent \Un`der*went"\, imp. of {Undergo}. | |
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Underwing \Un"der*wing`\, n. 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of the posterior wings of an insect. 2. (Zo[94]l.) Any one of numerous species of noctuid moths belonging to {Catocala} and allied genera, in which the hind wings are banded with red and black or other conspicuous colors. Many of the species are called {red underwing}. | |
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Underwitted \Un"der*wit`ted\, a. Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly. [R.] --Bp. Kennet. | |
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Underwood \Un"der*wood`\, n. Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural. Shrubs and underwoods look well enough while they grow within the shade of oaks and cedars. --Addison. | |
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Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underworked}or {Underwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underworking}.] 1. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. --Shak. 2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. --Dryden. 3. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another. | |
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Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. i. 1. To work or operate in secret or clandestinely. --B. Jonson. 2. To do less work than is proper or suitable. 3. To do work for a less price than current rates. | |
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Underwork \Un"der*work`\, n. Inferior or subordinate work; petty business. --Addison. | |
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Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underworked}or {Underwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underworking}.] 1. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. --Shak. 2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. --Dryden. 3. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another. | |
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Underworker \Un"der*work`er\, n. 1. One who underworks. 2. An inferior or subordinate workman. --Waterland. | |
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Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underworked}or {Underwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underworking}.] 1. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. --Shak. 2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. --Dryden. 3. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another. | |
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Underworld \Un"der*world`\, n. 1. The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth. That overspreads (with such a reverence) This underworld. --Daniel. 2. The mythological place of departed souls; Hades. 3. The portion of the world which is below the horizon; the opposite side of the world; the antipodes. [R.] Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld. --Tennyson. 4. The inferior part of mankind. [R.] --Atterbury. | |
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Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwrote}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. p. {Underwritten}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underwriting}.] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe. What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. --Bp. Sanderson. 2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. --B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. --Marshall. | |
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Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwrote}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. p. {Underwritten}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underwriting}.] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe. What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. --Bp. Sanderson. 2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. --B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. --Marshall. | |
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Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. i. To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like. | |
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Underwriter \Un"der*writ`er\, n. One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer. | |
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Underwriting \Un"der*writ`ing\, n. The business of an underwriter, | |
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Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwrote}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. p. {Underwritten}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underwriting}.] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe. What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. --Bp. Sanderson. 2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. --B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. --Marshall. | |
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Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwrote}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. p. {Underwritten}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underwriting}.] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe. What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. --Bp. Sanderson. 2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. --B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. --Marshall. | |
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Underwrite \Un`der*write"\, v. t. [imp. {Underwrote}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. p. {Underwritten}, Obs. {Underwrit}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underwriting}.] 1. To write under something else; to subscribe. What addition and change I have made I have here underwritten. --Bp. Sanderson. 2. To subscribe one's name to for insurance, especially for marine insurance; to write one's name under, or set one's name to, as a policy of insurance, for the purpose of becoming answerable for loss or damage, on consideration of receiving a certain premium per cent; as, individuals, as well as companies, may underwrite policies of insurance. --B. Jonson. The broker who procures the insurance ought not, by underwriting the policy, to deprive the parties of his unbiased testimony. --Marshall. | |
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Underwork \Un`der*work"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Underworked}or {Underwrought}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Underworking}.] 1. To injure by working secretly; to destroy or overthrow by clandestine measure; to undermine. But thou from loving England art so far, That thou hast underwrought his lawful king. --Shak. 2. To expend too little work upon; as, to underwork a painting. --Dryden. 3. To do like work at a less price than; as, one mason may underwork another. | |
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Underyoke \Un`der*yoke"\, v. t. To subject to the yoke; to make subject. --Wyclif. | |
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Undirect \Un`di*rect"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + direct, v. t.] To misdirect; to mislead. [Obs.] who make false fires to undirect seamen in a tempest. --Fuller. | |
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Undirect \Un`di*rect"\, a. [Pref. un- not + direct.] Indirect. | |
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Undirected \Un`di*rect"ed\, a. [In senses 1 and 2, pref. un- not + directed; in sense 3 properly p. p. of undirect.] 1. Not directed; not guided; left without direction. 2. Not addressed; not superscribed, as a letter. 3. Misdirected; misled; led astray. [R.] | |
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Undirectly \Un`di*rect"ly\, adv. Indirectly. --Strype. | |
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Undoer \Un*do"er\, n. One who undoes anything; especially, one who ruins another. | |
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Undrape \Un*drape"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + drape.] To strip of drapery; to uncover or unveil. | |
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Undraw \Un*draw"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + draw.] To draw aside or open; to draw back. Angels undrew the curtain of the throne. --Young. | |
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Undreamed \Un*dreamed"\, Undreamt \Un*dreamt"\, a. Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th[?]ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of. Unpathed waters, undreamed shores. --Shak. | |
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Undreamed \Un*dreamed"\, Undreamt \Un*dreamt"\, a. Not dreamed, or dreamed of; not th[?]ught of; not imagined; -- often followed by of. Unpathed waters, undreamed shores. --Shak. | |
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Undress \Un*dress"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + dress.] 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe. 3. (Med.) To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. | |
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Undress \Un"dress\, n. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress. 2. (Mil. & Naval) An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. {Undress parade} (Mil.), a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened. | |
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Parade \Pa*rade"\, n. [F., fr. Sp. parada a halt or stopping, an assembling for exercise, a place where troops are assembled to exercise, fr. parar to stop, to prepare. See {Pare}, v. t.] 1. The ground where a military display is held, or where troops are drilled. 2. (Mil.) An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private (troop, battery, or company), according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous show; formal display or exhibition. Be rich, but of your wealth make no parade. --Swift. 4. That which is displayed; a show; a spectacle; an imposing procession; the movement of any body marshaled in military order; as, a parade of firemen. In state returned the grand parade. --Swift. 5. Posture of defense; guard. [A Gallicism.] When they are not in parade, and upon their guard. --Locke. 6. A public walk; a promenade. {Dress parade}, {Undress parade}. See under {Dress}, and {Undress}. {Parade rest}, a position of rest for soldiers, in which, however, they are required to be silent and motionless. --Wilhelm. Syn: Ostentation; display; show. Usage: {Parade}, {Ostentation}. Parade is a pompous exhibition of things for the purpose of display; ostentation now generally indicates a parade of virtues or other qualities for which one expects to be honored. [bd]It was not in the mere parade of royalty that the Mexican potentates exhibited their power.[b8] --Robertson. [bd]We are dazzled with the splendor of titles, the ostentation of learning, and the noise of victories.[b8] --Spectator. | |
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Undress \Un"dress\, n. 1. A loose, negligent dress; ordinary dress, as distinguished from full dress. 2. (Mil. & Naval) An authorized habitual dress of officers and soldiers, but not full-dress uniform. {Undress parade} (Mil.), a substitute for dress parade, allowed in bad weather, the companies forming without arms, and the ceremony being shortened. | |
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Unitarian \U`ni*ta"ri*an\, n. [Cf. F. unitaire, unitairien, NL. unitarius. See {Unity}.] 1. (Theol.) One who denies the doctrine of the Trinity, believing that God exists only in one person; a unipersonalist; also, one of a denomination of Christians holding this belief. 2. One who rejects the principle of dualism. 3. A monotheist. [R.] --Fleming. | |
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Unitarian \U`ni*ta"ri*an\, a. Of or pertaining to Unitarians, or their doctrines. | |
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Unitarianism \U`ni*ta"ri*an*ism\, n. [Cf. F. unitairianisme.] The doctrines of Unitarians. | |
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Unitarianize \U`ni*ta"ri*an*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Unitarianized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Unitarianizing}.] To change or turn to Unitarian views. | |
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Unitarianize \U`ni*ta"ri*an*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Unitarianized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Unitarianizing}.] To change or turn to Unitarian views. | |
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Unitarianize \U`ni*ta"ri*an*ize\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Unitarianized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Unitarianizing}.] To change or turn to Unitarian views. | |
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Unitary \U"nit*a*ry\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic. 2. Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united. {Unitary theory} (Chem.), the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; -- distinguished from the dualistic theory. | |
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Unitary \U"nit*a*ry\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to a unit or units; relating to unity; as, the unitary method in arithmetic. 2. Of the nature of a unit; not divided; united. {Unitary theory} (Chem.), the modern theory that the molecules of all complete compounds are units, whose parts are bound together in definite structure, with mutual and reciprocal influence on each other, and are not mere aggregations of more or less complex groups; -- distinguished from the dualistic theory. | |
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Uniter \U*nit"er\, n. One who, or that which, unites. | |
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Uniterable \U*nit"er*a*ble\, a. Not iterable; incapable of being repeated. [Obs.] [bd]To play away an uniterable life.[b8] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Unmaterial \Un`ma*te"ri*al\, a. Not material; immaterial. [Obs.] --Daniel. | |
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Unmiter \Un*mi"ter\, Unmitre \Un*mi"tre\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + miter.] To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unmiter \Un*mi"ter\, Unmitre \Un*mi"tre\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + miter.] To deprive of a miter; to depose or degrade from the rank of a bishop. --Milton. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unmothered \Un*moth"ered\, [1st pref. un- + mother.] Deprived of a mother; motherless. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unnatural \Un*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes. Syn: See {Factitious}. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ly}, adv. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ness}, n. | |
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Unnaturalize \Un*nat"u*ral*ize\, v. t. To make unnatural. [R.] --Hales. | |
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Unnatural \Un*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes. Syn: See {Factitious}. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ly}, adv. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unnatural \Un*nat"u*ral\ (?; 135), a. Not natural; contrary, or not conforming, to the order of nature; being without natural traits; as, unnatural crimes. Syn: See {Factitious}. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ly}, adv. -- {Un*nat"u*ral*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unnature \Un*na"ture\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + nature.] To change the nature of; to invest with a different or contrary nature. [Obs.] A right heavenly nature, indeed, as if were unnaturing them, doth so bridle them [the elements]. --Sir P. Sidney. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unnature \Un*na"ture\, n. [Pref. un- not + nature.] The contrary of nature; that which is unnatural. [R.] So as to be rather unnature, after all, than nature. --H. Bushnell. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unthread \Un*thread"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + thread.] 1. To draw or take out a thread from; as, to unthread a needle. 2. To deprive of ligaments; to loose the ligaments of. He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints. --Milton. 3. To make one's way through; to traverse; as, to unthread a devious path. --De Quincey. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unthrift \Un*thrift"\, a. Unthrifty. [Obs.] | |
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Unthriftfully \Un*thrift"ful*ly\, adv. Not thriftily. [Obs.] [bd]Unthriftfully spent.[b8] --Sir J. Cheke. | |
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Unthriftihead \Un*thrift"i*head\, Unthriftihood \Un*thrift"i*hood\, n. Untriftiness. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Unthriftihead \Un*thrift"i*head\, Unthriftihood \Un*thrift"i*hood\, n. Untriftiness. [Obs.] --Spenser. | |
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Unthriftily \Un*thrift"i*ly\, adv. 1. Not thriftily. 2. Improperly; unbecomingly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Unthriftiness \Un*thrift"i*ness\, n. The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness. --Udall. | |
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Unthrifty \Un*thrift"y\, a. Not thrifty; profuse. --Spenser. | |
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Unthrone \Un*throne"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + throne.] To remove from, or as from, a throne; to dethrone. --Milton. | |
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Untoward \Un*to"ward\, prep. [Unto + -ward.] Toward. [Obs.] --Gower. | |
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Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.] 1. Froward; perverse. [bd]Save yourselves from this untoward generation.[b8] --Acts ii. 40. 2. Awkward; ungraceful. [bd]Untoward words.[b8] --Creech. [bd]Untoward manner.[b8] --Swift. 3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n. | |
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Untowardly \Un*to"ward*ly\, a. Perverse; froward; untoward. [bd]Untowardly tricks and vices.[b8] --Locke. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.] 1. Froward; perverse. [bd]Save yourselves from this untoward generation.[b8] --Acts ii. 40. 2. Awkward; ungraceful. [bd]Untoward words.[b8] --Creech. [bd]Untoward manner.[b8] --Swift. 3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untoward \Un*to"ward\, a. [Pref. un- not + toward.] 1. Froward; perverse. [bd]Save yourselves from this untoward generation.[b8] --Acts ii. 40. 2. Awkward; ungraceful. [bd]Untoward words.[b8] --Creech. [bd]Untoward manner.[b8] --Swift. 3. Inconvenient; troublesome; vexatious; unlucky; unfortunate; as, an untoward wind or accident. -- {Un*to"ward*ly}, adv. -- {Un*to"ward*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untraded \Un*trad"ed\, a. 1. Not dealt with in trade; not visited for purposes of trade. [Obs.] --Hakluyt 2. Unpracticed; inexperienced. [Obs.] --Udall. 3. Not traded in or bartered; hence, not hackneyed; unusual; not common. --Shak. | |
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Untrained \Un*trained"\, a. 1. Not trained. --Shak. 2. Not trainable; indocile. [Obs.] --Herbert. | |
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Untrammeled \Un*tram"meled\, a. Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also {untrammelled}.] | |
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Untrammeled \Un*tram"meled\, a. Not hampered or impeded; free. [Written also {untrammelled}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untraveled \Un*trav"eled\, a. [Written also untravelled.] 1. Not traveled; not trodden by passengers; as, an untraveled forest. 2. Having never visited foreign countries; not having gained knowledge or experience by travel; as, an untraveled Englishman. --Addison. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untread \Un*tread"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + tread.] To tread back; to retrace. --Shak. | |
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Untreasure \Un*treas"ure\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + treasure.] To bring forth or give up, as things previously treasured. [bd]The quaintness with which he untreasured, as by rote, the stores of his memory.[b8] --J. Mitford. | |
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Untreasured \Un*treas"ured\, a. 1. [Properly p. p. of untreasure.] Deprived of treasure. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. [Pref. un- not + treasured.] Not treasured; not kept as treasure. | |
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Untreatable \Un*treat"a*ble\, a. Incapable of being treated; not practicable. [R.] --Dr. H. More. | |
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Untrenched \Un*trenched"\, a. Being without trenches; whole; intact. [Obs.] | |
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Untressed \Un*tressed"\, a. Not tied up in tresses; unarranged; -- said of the hair. --Chaucer. | |
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Untrift \Un"trift`\, n. 1. Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality. 2. An unthrifty. [Obs.] --Dryden. | |
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Untrowable \Un*trow"a*ble\, a. Incredible. [Obs.] [bd]Untrowable fairness.[b8] --Wyclif. | |
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Untrue \Un*true"\, a. 1. Not true; false; contrary to the fact; as, the story is untrue. 2. Not faithful; inconstant; false; disloyal. --Chaucer. | |
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Untrue \Un*true\, adv. Untruly. [Obs. or Poetic] --Chaucer. | |
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Untruism \Un*tru"ism\, n. Something not true; a false statement. [Recent & R.] --A. Trollope. | |
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Untrunked \Un*trunked"\, a. [1st pref. un- + trunk.] Separated from its trunk or stock. [Obs.] | |
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Untruss \Un*truss"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + truss.] To loose from a truss, or as from a truss; to untie or unfasten; to let out; to undress. [R.] --Dryden. | |
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Untruss \Un*truss"\, Untrusser \Un*truss"er\, n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
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Untruss \Un*truss"\, Untrusser \Un*truss"er\, n. One who untrussed persons for the purpose of flogging them; a public whipper. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untrust \Un*trust"\, n. Distrust. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
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Untrustful \Un*trust"ful\, a. 1. Not trustful or trusting. 2. Not to be trusted; not trusty. [R.] --Sir W. Scott. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untruth \Un*truth"\, n. 1. The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty. --Chaucer. 2. That which is untrue; a false assertion; a falsehood; a lie; also, an act of treachery or disloyalty. --Shak. Syn: Lie; falsehood. See {Lie}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untruthful \Un*truth"ful\, a. Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- {Un*truth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*truth"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untruthful \Un*truth"ful\, a. Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- {Un*truth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*truth"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Untruthful \Un*truth"ful\, a. Not truthful; unveracious; contrary to the truth or the fact. -- {Un*truth"ful*ly}, adv. -- {Un*truth"ful*ness}, n. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unturn \Un*turn"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + turn.] To turn in a reserve way, especially so as to open something; as, to unturn a key. --Keats. | |
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Unturned \Un*turned"\, a. [Pref. un- + turned.] Not turned; not revolved or reversed. {To leave no stone unturned}, to leave nothing untried for accomplishing one's purpose. [He] left unturned no stone To make my guilt appear, and hide his own. --Dryden. | |
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Untwirl \Un*twirl"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + twirl.] To untwist; to undo. --Ash. | |
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Unutterable \Un*ut"ter*a*ble\, a. Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. --Thomson. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*bly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unutterable \Un*ut"ter*a*ble\, a. Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. --Thomson. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*bly}, adv. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Unutterable \Un*ut"ter*a*ble\, a. Not utterable; incapable of being spoken or voiced; inexpressible; ineffable; unspeakable; as, unutterable anguish. Sighed and looked unutterable things. --Thomson. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un*ut"ter*a*bly}, adv. | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Underhill, VT Zip code(s): 05489 Underhill, WI Zip code(s): 54176 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Underwood, IA (city, FIPS 79500) Location: 41.38573 N, 95.67930 W Population (1990): 515 (217 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 51576 Underwood, IN Zip code(s): 47177 Underwood, MN (city, FIPS 66172) Location: 46.28524 N, 95.87000 W Population (1990): 284 (140 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56586 Underwood, ND (city, FIPS 80660) Location: 47.45435 N, 101.14117 W Population (1990): 976 (464 housing units) Area: 2.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 58576 Underwood, WA Zip code(s): 98651 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Underwood-Petersville, AL (CDP, FIPS 77580) Location: 34.87697 N, 87.69601 W Population (1990): 3092 (1168 housing units) Area: 15.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
under the hood adj. [hot-rodder talk] 1. Used to introduce the underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation is not intuitively obvious from the appearance, but the speaker is about to enable the listener to {grok} it. "Let's now look under the hood to see how ...." 2. Can also imply that the implementation is much simpler than the appearance would indicate: "Under the hood, we are just fork/execing the shell." 3. Inside a chassis, as in "Under the hood, this baby has a 40MHz 68030!" | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
under the hood [hot-rodder talk] 1. The underlying implementation of a product (hardware, software, or idea). Implies that the implementation is not intuitively obvious from the appearance, but the speaker is about to enable the listener to {grok} it. "Let's now look under the hood to see how ...." 2. Can also imply that the implementation is much simpler than the appearance would indicate: "Under the hood, we are just fork/execing the shell." 3. Inside a chassis, as in "Under the hood, this baby has a 40MHz 68030!" [{Jargon File}] | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
underflow underflow", after "{overflow}") A condition that can occur when the result of a {floating-point} operation would be smaller in magnitude (closer to zero, either positive or negative) than the smallest quantity representable. Underflow is actually (negative) {overflow} of the {exponent} of the {floating point} quantity. For example, an eight-bit {twos complement} exponent can represent multipliers of 10^-128 to 10^127. A result less than 10^-128 would cause underflow. Depending on the {processor}, the programming language and the {run-time system}, underflow may set a status bit, raise an {exception} or generate a {hardware} {interrupt} or some combination of these effects. Alternatively, it may just be ignored and zero substituted for the unrepresentable value, though this might lead to a later {divide by zero} error which cannot be so easily ignored. (1997-08-25) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
Undernet 1990s, when it broke away from the main (still larger) IRC network, {EFNet}. {Home (http://www.undernet.org/)}. {The History of the Undernet (http://www2.undernet.org:8080/~cs93jtl/unet_history.txt)}. (1995-11-09) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
underscore Common names: {ITU-T}: underline; underscore; underbar; under. Rare: score; backarrow; skid; {INTERCAL}: flatworm. See also {left arrow}. (1995-03-06) |