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Underbred

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

Underbrush

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

Underbuy

To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.

Undercharge

A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.

Underclay

A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.

Undercliff

A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.

Underclothes

Clothes worn under others, especially those worn next the skin for warmth; underwear.

Undercoat

A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.

Underconsumption

Consumption of less than is produced; consumption of less than the usual amount.

Undercraft

A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of authors.

Undercroft

A subterranean room of any kind; esp., one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any sacred purpose.

Underdealing

Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair practice; trickery.

Underdig

To dig under or beneath; to undermine.

Underditch

To dig an underground ditch or ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.

Underdo

To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.

Underdose

To give an underdose or underdoses to; to practice giving insufficient doses.

Underdrain

To drain by forming an underdrain or underdrains in; as, to underdrain land.

Underfeed

To feed with too little food; to supply with an insufficient quantity of food.

Underfilling

The filling below or beneath; the under part of a building.

Underfong

To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.

Underfringe

A lower fringe; a fringe underneath something.

Underfurnish

To supply with less than enough; to furnish insufficiently.

Underfurrow

To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure.

Underget

To get under or beneath; also, to understand.

Undergird

To bind below; to gird round the bottom.

Underglaze

Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.

Undergo

To go or move below or under.

Undergod

A lower or inferior god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.

Undergown

A gown worn under another, or under some other article of dress.

Undergraduate

Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of undergraduates.

Undergrove

A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.

Undergrown

Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.

Undergrowth

That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees.

Underhand

By secret means; in a clandestine manner; hence, by fraud; unfairly; dishonorably.

Underhead

A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.

Underhew

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.

Underhung

Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door.

Underhung Underslung

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.

Underjoin

To join below or beneath; to subjoin.

Underkeep

To keep under, or in subjection; to suppress.

Underlaid

Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

Underlay

The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.

Underlayer

One who, or that which, underlays or is underlaid; a lower layer.

Underleaf

A prolific sort of apple, good for cider.

Underlease

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.

Underletter

A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.

Underline

To mark a line below, as words; to underscore.

Underling

An inferior person or agent; a subordinate; a low-ranking employee.

Underload

to load (a truck, etc.) with less than its full capacity; -- in certain circumstances, an inefficient use of resources.

underlock

A lock of wool hanging under the belly of a sheep.

underlooker

A person who inspects a mine daily; -- called also underviewer.

underlying

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

Undermanned

Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.

Undermasted

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

Undermaster

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

Undermeal

The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.

Undermine

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.

Underminister

To serve, or minister to, in a subordinate relation.

Undermost

Lowest, as in place, rank, or condition.

Undern

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.

Underpin

To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.

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