To pay inadequately.

To peep under.

To peer under.

Not fully peopled.

imp. of Underpitch.

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

The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.

To fill underneath; to stuff.

To plant under; to plant (young trees) under an existing stand.

The act of underplaying.

A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.

To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue.

One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior of another.

To praise below desert.

To undervalue; to underestimate.

The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply.

Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit.

To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.

Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.

One who, or that which, underprops or supports.

To exert one's influence secretly.

One who underpulls.

To put or send under.

A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate.

To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate.

To run or pass under; to pass along and under, as a cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.

To sail alongshore.

Inadequately equipped with sails.

Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.

To say by way of derogation or contradiction.

To draw a mark or line under; to underline.

A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than.

An inferior servant.

Undercurrent.

One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.

Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.

Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish.

A sheriff's deputy.

Undershrievalty.

A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.

To shoot short of (a mark).

Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

The office or position of an undersheriff.

A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.

Partly shrublike.

Closed from beneath.

The lower or lowest side of anything.

To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument.

Of a size less than is common.

Undertapster.

A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.

The lower region of the sky.

A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,

The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.

p. p. of Undersell.

The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

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

To spend less than.

A sphere which is smaller than, and in its movements subject to, another; a satellite.

Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial.

The basement or cellar.

To have the use of the intellectual faculties; to be an intelligent being.

Capable of being understood; intelligible.

One who understands, or knows by experience.

The act of one who understands a thing, in any sense of the verb; knowledge; discernment; comprehension; interpretation; explanation.

In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.

To state or represent less strongly than may be done truthfully.

The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

To supply insufficiently with stock.

imp. p. p. of Understand.

A petty fellow; an inferior agent; an underling.

Becoming an understrapper; subservient.

The layer, or stratum, of earth on which the mold, or soil, rests; subsoil.

To underline or underscore.

One who studies another's part with a view to assuming it in an emergency.

A suit worn under another suit; a suit of underclothes.

Capable of being undertaken; practicable.

To take upon one's self, or assume, any business, duty, or province.

One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.

The act of one who undertakes, or engages in, any project or business.

Assistant to a tapster.

Taxed too little, or at a lower rate than others.

Tenancy or tenure under a tenant or lessee; the tenure of an undertenant.

The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands or tenements of a tenant or lessee.

Something that is inferior and of little worth.

The under or after part of the day; undermeal; evening.

A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.

imp. of Undertake.

The current that sets seaward near the bottom when waves are breaking upon the shore.

An assistant treasurer.

To turn upside down; to subvert; to upset.

The act of undervaluing; a rate or value not equal to the real worth.

A low rate or price; a price less than the real worth; undervaluation.

One who undervalues.

The lower or second verse.

An undershirt.

See Underlooker.

That which is worn under the outside clothing; underclothes.

To undervalue.

imp. of Undergo.

To interest less than anticipated; to be dull to (a person).

Less interesting than expected; dull.

One of the posterior wings of an insect.

Weak in intellect; half-witted; silly.

Small trees and bushes that grow among large trees; coppice; underbrush; -- formerly used in the plural.

Inferior or subordinate work; petty business.

One who underworks.

The lower of inferior world; the world which is under the heavens; the earth.

To practice the business of insuring; to take a risk of insurance on a vessel or the like.

One who underwrites his name to the conditions of an insurance policy, especially of a marine policy; an insurer.

The business of an underwriter,

To subject to the yoke; to make subject.

To fail to deserve.

One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.

Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; simple.

Indestructible.

Not determinable; indeterminable.

Nor determinate; not settled or certain; indeterminate.

Indetermination.