underdrain 
underdrain (un'der-dran), w. A drain or trench 
placed under ground. 
underdraw (uu-der-dra'), r. *.; pret. under- 
drew, pp. underdrawn, ppr. VMttordrawing. To 
represent inadequately, in art, in writing, or in 
speech. The Academy, May 3, 1890, p. 300. 
under-dressed (un-der-dresf), a. Not dressed 
well or elaborately enough, as for a state occa- 
sion or an entertainment. 
under-driven (un-der-driv'n), . Driven from 
beneath : applied to hydro-extractors in which 
the shaft is supported by a pivot-bearing, and 
driven by power applied below the basket. 
under-eartnt (un-der-erth'), a. Under the 
oarth ; subterranean. Nashe, Pierce Penilesse. 
p. 79. 
under-earthlyt (un-der-erth'H), . Subterra- 
nean. Sylvester, tr. of Du Bartas's Weeks, The 
Arke. 
underestimate (un-der-es'ti-mat), c. t. To es- 
at too low a rate; not to value suf- 
i (un-der-es'ti-mat), n. An esti- 
mate or valuing at too low a rate. 
underestimation (un-der-es-ti- ma' short), ii. 
The act or process of estimating at too low a 
rate, or the state of being so estimated ; under- 
valuation. 
under-exposed (uu"der-eks-p6zd'), . In pho- 
toq., not exposed to the action of light for a 
sufficient time to make a good picture: said of ** (un-der-gerd ) . t. 
------ '-=-, the bottom; gird beneath. A 
x - underglaze (un-der-glaz'), . In ceram., hav- 
ing the properties that adapt it for paiut- 
6596 
underfoot (un-der-fuf), a. [< iiiidrrfixit, ailr.] 
Low; base; abject; trodden down. 
The most underfoot and down-trodden vassals of perdi- 
tion. Milton, Reformation in England, ii. 
underfoot (un-der-fuf), r. /. To underpin. 
In 1815 some of the pillars of the N. aisle having given 
way, and the church being considered insecure, they were 
all skilfully underfooted and restored. 
Bailies, Hist. Lancashire, II. 27. 
underfurnish (un-der-fer'nish), r. t. To sup- 
ply with less than enough. Jeremy Collier, On 
Kindness. [Rare.] 
underfurrow (un-der-fur'6), adr. Under a fur- 
row. [Eng.] To sow underfurrow, in agri., to 
plow in seed. [This phrase is applied to other operations 
in which something is covered by the furrow-slice.] 
underfurrow (un-der-fur'6), v. t. To cover 
with a furrow, as seed or manure ; plow in. 
[Eng.] 
undergarment (un'der-gar"ment), w. A gar- 
ment made for wearing under another garment. 
underhung 
underground (un'der-ground'), a. and M. I. a. 
Being below the surface of the ground: as, an 
underground story or apartment Underground 
forest. See mesquiV,!. Underground railroad. See 
railroad. 
II ii. That which is beneath the surface of 
the ground. Slink., 2 Hen. VI., i. 2. 79. 
underground (un'der-ground), v. t. To place or 
lay underground, as an electric wire. [Recent.] 
undergrove (un'der-grov), n. A grove of low- 
growing trees under others that are taller. 
n'ordsirortli, Poems of the Fancy. 
undergrow (un-der-gro'), v. i. To grow below 
the usual size or height: chiefly in the parti- 
cipial adjective undergrown. 
undergrowl (un'der-groul), . A low growl; 
a subdued grumbling or faultfinding. Brit. 
Quarterly Jlev., LXXXIII. 73. [Rare.] 
undergrown (un-der-gron'), n. [< ME. under- 
(/rowen, undergrove; pp. of undergroic.] Not 
fully grown; 'of low stature. Chaucer, Gen. 
Prol. to C. T. 
LnaergetT tuu-aer-tret i,t. i. ijiuu. w*uOTHv*vj*t < * ' i 
under* itcn, under/ten, < AS. undergitan, under- growing beneath or among large ones. 
stand, perceive, < under, under, + gttan, get: The underyr. .u-th 
see get?.] To understand; perceive. Of shrubs and tangling bushes. p ^ ^ ^ 
&*&"*MS*S 2. The state or condition of being undergrown. 
King Horn (E. E. X. S.), p. 54. Lancet, No. 3524, p. 624. 
To gird round undergrub (un-der-grub'),o. i. To undermine. 
Acts xxvii. 17. 
ing on the body before the glaze is applied: 
Two plates --r^rX^^: ^^3^^. safd of a vitrinalble pigment : *, an un&rglaze 
underfangt Cm-der-fane'), *.t [Early mod. ^tt^fifC^ASSSti! 
E. &[so underfong ; < ME. underfangen, under- glaze ls app iied. 
fongen, underfongen, this inf., with pres. ind. undergo (un-der-go'), r. ; pret. underwent, pp 
underfangest, underfangeth, etc., being assumed undergone, ppr. undergoing. [< ME. undergon, 
with an evil design. 
It abhorreth from the nature of God to be outwardly a 
sharp and severe prohibitor, and underhand an author of 
sin. Uooker, Eccles. Polity, v., App. 1. 
2. By fraud; by fraudulent means. 
Such mean revenge, committed underhand. Dryden. 
from the pret. and pp. ; inf. prop, undcrfdn 
(ind. underfo, pret. underfeng, underveng, irreg. 
underfonge, pp. *underfangen, underfongen, un- 
derfon), < AS. underfon (pret. underfeng, pp. 
underfangen) (= OHG. unhirfahan), undertake. 
< under, under, + fan, take, catch, seize, re- 
ceive : see fang, v. 'in defs. 3 and 4 the sense is 
forced, as if the verb were a new formation, < 
under + fang.'] 1. To undertake. 
He undirfongith a gret peyne 
That undirtakith to drynke up Seyne. 
Rnm. of the Rote, 1. 5709. 
2. To accept ; receive. 
The pope and his prelates presentes vnderfongetl, 
And meedeth men hem-seluen to meyntene heore lawes. 
Piers Plowman (A), iii. 203. 
To thi mercy, lord, me vndirfonge, 
The tyde is ebbid, & no more wole flowe. 
Hymns to Virgin, etc. (E. E. T. S.), p. 69. 
3. To insnare; entrap; deceive by false sug- 
gestions. [Rare.] 
And some by sleight he eke doth underfong. 
Spenser, F. Q., V. ii. 7. 
4. To support or guard from beneath. [Rare.] 
Mounts underfonging and ennancking them. Nashe. 
underfeed (un-der-fed'), v. t. ; pret. and pp. un- 
derfed, ppr. underfeeding. To supply with too 
little food ; feed insufficiently. Bp. Gauden. 
The vast mass of men are overworked and underfed. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVIII. 159. 
underfellowt (un'der-fel'6), n. A mean, sorry 
fellow; a low wretch. Sir I'. Sidney, Arcadia, ii. 
[Rare.] ,*,. 
underfilling (uu'der-fll"ing), w. The lower part "^eath 
< AS. undergdn (also undergangnn) (= D. on- underhand (un-d6r-hand'), a. [< underhand, 
dergaan = Or. untergehen = Sw. undergo = T>sm. adv.] 1. Secret; clandestine: usually imply- 
undergaa), undergo, < under, under, + gan, go: j n g meanness or fraud, or both. 
see go.'] I. trans. If. To go or move under or 
beneath. Capt. John Smith, True Travels, I. 
57. 2. To bear up against; endure with firm- 
ness; sustain without yielding or giving way; 
suffer; bear; pass through: as, to undergo great 
toil and fatigue; to undergo pain; to undergo 
a surgical operation. 
Some kinds of baseness 
Are nobly undergone. Shak., Tempest, iii. 1. 3. 
3. To be subjected to; go through; experi- 
ence : as, to undergo successive changes. 
It ISida] always underwent much the same fate as Tyre. 
fococke, Description of the East, II. 86. 
4t. To be the bearer of; partake of; enjoy. 
Shak., M. for M., i. 1. 24. 5+. To undertake; 
perform; hazard. Shalt., J. C., i. 3. 123. 6+. 
To be subject to; underlie. Shak., Much Ado, 
v. 2. 57. 
II. intrant:. To endure trial, pain, or the like 
with firmness ; bear up against evils. 
But she 
Did more, and underwent, and overcame. 
Tennyson, Godiva. 
undergoing! (uu-der-go'ing), a. Suffering; en- 
during; patient; tolerant. 
An undergoing stomach, to bear up 
Against what should ensue. 
Shot., Tempest, i. 2. 157. 
undergore (un-der-gor'), r. t. To pierce under- 
All nnder-hand cloaking of bad actions with common- 
wealth pretences. Nashe, Pierce Penilesse, p. 68. 
2. Sly; contriving; deceitful. 
She 's an underhand little thin? : I never saw a girl of her 
age with so much cover. Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, 11. 
3. Performed or done with the knuckles of the 
hand turned under, the palm upward, and the 
thumb turned from the body: as, underhand 
bowling in cricket Underhand sloping. Seestop- 
ing. 
underhanded (un-der-han'ded), a. 1. Under- 
hand. [A loose use.] 
Covert, sly, uiulerhanded communications. Dickens. 
2. Not having an adequate supply of hands ; 
short-handed ; sparsely peopled. [Rare.] 
If Norway could be brought to maintain a million more 
of inhabitants it might defy the world ; but it is much 
underhanded now. Coleridge, Table-Talk. 
underhandedly (un-der-han'ded-li), adr. In 
an underhand manner ; secretly. 
underhandedness (uu-der-han'ded-nes), n. 
The character of being underhanded; also, an 
underhand act. 
underhang (un-der-hang'), v. t. To suspend; 
hang. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 871. [Rare.] 
underheadt (un'der-hed), n. [Prob. for dunder- 
liead.~\ A blockhead; a dunderhead. [Rare.] 
Underheadi may stumble without dishonour. 
Sir T. Browne. 
To heave or lift 
Chapman, Iliad, xiv. 408. (Dams.) 
underheavet (un-der-heV), r. 
under-gown (uu'der-goun), n. A gown worn from below. Wyclif. 
ficiently baked ; hence, either not as hard in the un( Jer another, or meant to be worn under an underhew (un-der-hu' ). v. t. To hew less than 
paste as it should be, or with the colors imper- outer garment, outer skirt, or the like. Scott, is proper or usual ; hew (a piece of timber which 
fectly developed. Also called xhort-tlred. under-grade (un'der-grad), a. In engin., hav- should be square) in such a manner that it ap- 
underfloor (un-der-flor'), r. t. To floor below ; j n g the truss beneath the roadway, as a deck- pears to contain a greater number of cubic feet 
make a lower floor for. Cones, Key to N. A. bridge. than it really does. Imp. Diet. 
Birds (1884), p. 155. ^[Rare.] undergraduate (un-der-grad'u-at), n. and a. underhole (un-der-h61'),t. To cut away or mine 
Underflow (nu'der-flo'), n. A current flowing j_ M- A student or member" of a university or out the lower portion of a coal-seam or a part 
college who has not taken his first degree. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, 
or undergraduates collectively: as, undergrad- 
uate studies. 
of a building. Sir H. Wotton, Reliquiae, p. 17. [Rare.] 
under-fired (un-der-fird'), a. In ceram., iusuf- under-J 
ficiently baked ; hence, either not as hard in the 
paste as it should be, or with the colors imper- 
beneath the surface, or not in the same direction 
with the surface-current, over a certain region ; 
an undercurrent: the opposite of surface-flow 
or Mir face-current. ./. Croll, Climate and Time, 
p. 133. 
underfollowt (un-der-fol'6), r. t. [ME. under- 
followen, < AS. wnderftjlgan, < under, under, + 
fylgan, etc., follow: see folloir.] To follow 
after; accompany. Wyclif, Ps. xxii. 6. 
underfongt, v. t. Same as undcrfitng. 
underfoot (uu-der-fuf), adv. Under the feet ; 
underneath; beneath; below. 
Underfoot the violet, 
Crocus and hyacinth, with rich inlay, 
Broider'd the ground. Milton, P. L., iv. 700. 
of the underclay so as to win or get the over- 
lying coal. [Penn. anthracite region.] In 
various parts of England to jad, hole, undercut. 
l-irre. and Jieiirh. See jad, n. and r. ^ 
undergraduateship (un-der-grad'u-at-ship), H. underhonest (un-der-on'est). a. Not honest 
[< undergraduate + -ship.'] The' position or enough; not entirely honest. Shal:, T. and 
Fortnightly 
condition of an undergraduate. 
Kei\, N. S., XLII. 705. 
undergroan (un-der-gron'), v. t. To groan un- 
der. [Rare.] 
Earth undertjroaned their high-raised feet. Chajiman. 
underground (un-der-ground'), adr. Beneath 
the surface of the earth: as, to sink under- 
ground. 
C.. ii73. 133. [Rare.] 
underhung (un-der-hung'), a. 1. Projecting 
beyond the upper jaw : applied to the under 
jaw. 
His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed two 
white buck-teeth protruded themselves. Thackeray. 
2. Having the under jaw projecting beyond the 
upper jaw. UoWsmitli, Animated Nature, II. 90. 
