underpay 
underpay (un-der-pa'), '. t. ; pret. and pp. n- 
(lcrimifl,piir. itHdrrjHiuing. To pay insufficient- 
ly: as, underpaid employees. 
under-peept (un-der-pep' ),r. <. To peep or look 
under. Mud:, Gym., ii. 2. 20. [Bare.] 
underpeert (un-der-per'), t>. t To peer tinder, 
/'ittteiiliaai, Arte of Bug. Poesie, p. 128. [Rare.] 
under-peopled (un'der-pe'pld), a. Not fully 
peopled. Adam Smith. ' 
underpightt. Preterit of widenritcJt. 
underpin (un-der-pin'), . *. ; pret. and pp. tin- 
derpiLcf^. underpinning. To pin or sup- 
port underneath; place something under for 
support or foundation when a previous sup- 
port is removed; underset; hence, figurative- 
tlon of building from the lower level. (6) To support, as 
an overhanging bank of earth or rock, by masonry or brick- 
'ine) 1 The act 
superior part of awall, etc. by intr'oLcinl a 
support underneath it. - 2 A solid structure, 
as a new foundation or other support, tempo- 
rary or permanent, introduced beneath a wall, 
g, etc. , 
6598 
underpropper (uu-der-prop'er), w. One who 
or that which underprops or supports ; a stay; 
a support. Sir T. More. 
underpullt (un-der-pul'), f. To do work 
without one's agency appearing. North, Life 
of Lord Guilford, i. 35. 
underpullert (un-der-puTer), . One who un- 
derpulls. Jeremy Collier. 
underputt (un-der-puf), v. t. [< ME. under- 
putteii; < under + pufl.] To put under; sub- 
ject. Chaucer, Boethius, i. prose 6. 
underquote (nn-der-kwof), *. t. To offer at a 
lower price than another; also, to offer lower 
prices than (another). 
In some instances merchants have been underpin, 
SfctfLr, LXXI. 156. 
under-rake (un'der-rak), n. See rake*. 
underrate (un-der-raf) V t To rate too low; 
rate below the value ; undervalue. Burke. 
I.n.Aprice 
'ess than rue value 
under-sky 
underset (un-der-set'), >. t.; pret. and pp. - 
derset, ppr. undersetting. [< HE. underse tten, < 
AS. undersettan (= MD. ondersetten, MLG. - 
dersetten); as tender + set 1 .] 1. To support by 
a prop or stay, as masonry, etc. ; underpin ; put 
or place under, as a prop; prop; support. 
we have . . . just occasion to make complaint as St 
Jerome did: "The walls of the church there are enow 
contented to build, and to underset it with goodly pillars " 
T ,, , r E , 1!? -, ' y ' 
^^SSf^^fSS^ -eVhfd UK 
tenants. Miss Edgeworth. 
Tfnuf nrrPTit nf 
a direcUon c^ntory 
to that of the wind, or of the water at the *ul 
lace; an undercurrent. 
undersetter (un'der-sef'fer), . 1. A prop; a 
pedestal; a support, IKi.vii. 30 -2. One who 
B under r 
Cmdey, The Mistress, Given Love, 
jj f Q . Being be]ow the gtandard ; inferior. 
underpinning, 2.-2. The lower part ; the ped- 
estal. 
Their undersetting, or pedestals. 
called undersetting, and in Scotland goufing. 
After this are you surprised . that this House, the 
trary power? 
3 Thp foundation 
Burke, American Taxation, 
in which a wall is laid in sections A iini* in Am, 
'as dlpas it cln be made wi?h S s 6 a C feJy A ."vfcurbol 
durable wood is laid, and the wall carried up from this, 
Excavations are then again carried on as deep as possible, 
and struts from the bottom are carried up to support the 
curb and its load, while excavations are made beneath it 
for another curb and its wall, which is built up to the 
under side of the first curb. A third section is laid in like 
manner, and thus on to the required depth. 
underpitcht (un-der-pich'), . t. [< ME. der- 
uicchen; < under + tiitchl.] To stuff under- 
Aeath 
He drank, and wel his girdel umferpwftte. 
Chaucer, Man of Law's Tale, 1. 691. 
nndprnlav fun dpr nlaM t nr i 1 Tn nlnv 
unaerpiay (,un ,r pia j, v.t. or i. i 10 piay 
in an inferior manner.-2. InwMst, to play 
a low card while retaining a high one of the 
Thoact funder - 
) n 1 Anlotsubor 
;, n. l. A plot subor- 
dmate to another plot, as m a play or a Hovel. 
Completeness in unity need not exclude the introduc- 
tion of one or even more subsidiary actions as contribut- 
ing to the development of the main action. The sole im- 
l^l-^?^ 
they are well called mdtr-pMs. 
A. W. Ward, Eng. Dram. Lit., Int., p. xii. 
2Aji.ji i-i 
. An underhand scheme; a trick. 
The husband is so misled by tricks, and so lost in a 
crooked intrigue, that he still suspects an underplot. 
Addition, 
underpoiset (un-der-poiz'), v. t. To weigh or 
estimate under what is just or below desert. 
Marston. 
underpraise (un-der-praz'), t). . To praise be- 
low desert. Dryden. 
underprize (un-der-priz'), 11. t. To value at 
less than the worth ; undervalue. Shak., M. of 
V., iii. 2. 128. 
under-production (un"der-pro-duk'shon), n. 
Production that is less than normal, or made- 
quate to the demand. 
underproof (un-der-prof), . Having a greater 
specific gravity than 0.91984: applied to alco- 
holic liquors. In reducing underproof liquors to proof, 
a spirit of the specific gravity 0.825 is taken as the stan- 
under . re ckon (un-der-rek'n), r. t. To reckon 
O r calculate too low ; underrate. Up. Hall. 
^S^ <'d**P>. Not fully ripe; 
partly ripe. ^ 
under-roof (un'der-rof), n. A roof under an- 
ther ' a lower roof. Tennyson, The Dying 
wan. Ltare.J 
underrun (un-der-run'), r. ; pret. underran, pp. 
nude rrun, ppr. underrunnmg. I trans. To run 
orpassunder; especially (naut.), to pass under, 
as for the purpose of examining: as, to ttwder- 
oWn/tni a nnrlov it ir S ^ V i,, nvHo^ 
n a ca P le (* P^ 8 und< * m f ooat, m order 
to examine whether any part of it is damaged 
or entangled) ; to nnderrun a fishing-net. 
O ne part of it [a cold stream from Baffin's Bay, Labra- 
dor] undemms the Gulf Stream, as is shown by the ice- 
bergs, which are carried in a direction tending across its 
couree ' ^ ^- Doctor, Light Science, 1871, 1879, p. 136. 
To underrun a tackle, to separate its parts and put 
them in order. 
jj tntrans . To move under, as a boat when 
a geine is hauled ; over o] ^ side of it an(J 
paid out over the other . 
underrunnine (un-der-run'ing), M. A method 
of trawling in S use on the Gra!ul Banks, which 
P^^ * h ? removal of the fish from the hooks 
and the Baiting of the hooks in a single opera- 
tion- A sl s ht c the{orm g ^ 
is necessary for underrunning, and the set is made in the 
same way as for ordinary trawling. 
undersailt (un-der-sal'), v. i. [< ME. under- 
*/ < '<^ + f?;' 1 .]^ To sail under shelter 
of the land. JJ ychj, Acts xxvu. 4. 
undersayt (un-der-sa'), v. t. To say by way 
n? ^AmuMKAm ^*. rt^nt^ri;n^;/Mi ts^^i ^ Giiv 
Sli ^fl contradiction. ^pwer, Bhep. 
U j > oeptemDer. 
underscore (un-der-skpr' ),v.t. Todrawamark 
or line under; underline, as for emphasis. 
" Your Letty, only yours "; and this 
Thrice underscored. Tennyson, Edwin Morris, 
Under-scribe (un'der-skrib), n. A subordinate 
or assistant scribe. B. Jonson, Alchemist, i. 1. 
under-searching (un-der-ser'ching), a. Search- 
ing or seeking below. Daniel. [Bare.] 
under-secretary (un'der-sek"re-ta-ri), . A 
secretary subordinate to the principal secre- 
tary: as, an under-secretary for Ireland. 
under-secretaryship (un'der-sek"re-ta-ri- 
ship), n. The office or position of an under- 
secretary. 
Undersell (un-der-sel'), v. t.; pret. and pp. un- 
dersold, ppr. underselling. To sell under, or 
cheaper than. 
, [Also under- 
shrieve, q. v.; < WE.*undershire<:e, undresJtyreve ; 
< under + sheriff.) A sheriff's deputy; more 
specifically, as distinguished from deputy sher- 
jff s j n general, a deputy on whom as under- 
sheriff the law' devolvesV powers of sheriff 
in case of a vacancy, the vice-sheriff having the 
power8 of a deputy meanwhile. 
yff th been u , comfort there the n]eene Qf ft 
go od shyreve and undreshureve Pashm Letters I 185 
,,,,,, .T,,,,.,,*,^. , /,. ,, ,.. .-. rA , 
under-sneriflryt (un der-sher*if-n), n. [Also 
un( i er shrievery,a. v. ; < under-sheriff + -ry.l The 
. nnda* shpriff Jinrnn Praisp Cpd 
** *> 
(un'der shertl n A shirt or similar 
(,u rt;, n. A sr 
garment, as of woolen, worn under a shirt and 
next to the skin 
Undershoot (un-der-shot ), v. t. ; pret. and pp. 
undershot, ppr. undershooting. To shoot short 
O f as a mark 
* 
mark who make it a miracle they 
dt 5fwho make H mlgtk 
Fuller, Worthies, Lincoln, ii. 5. (Dames.) 
undershoret (un-der-shor'), r. t. [< ME. un- 
dcrshoren; < under + shorc*.) To shore or 
DroD UD 
pr P /^ ^er^or** cer tes hit 
Bl . A m ' e * an d e ' Pi^ Pimm STrtTL^S 
Pters plomnan ( c ). XMX - " 
undershot (un'd6r-shot), a. 1 . Moved by water 
passing under, or acting on the lowest part of. 
2. Underhung, as a dog Undershot wheel, a 
form of water-wheel having a number of float-boards dis- 
posed on its circumference, and turned by the force of a 
Stream of water acting on the float-boards at its lowest 
part. 
undershrievalty (un'der-shre"val-ti), n. [< 
undershriei-e + -al-ty as in shrievalty.] Same 
as under-sheriffry. 
undershrievet (un'der-shrev), . Same as mi- 
der-sheriff. 
undershrieveryt, . [< undershrieve + -ry.'] 
Same as under-sJwriffry. Bp. Parker, Platonick 
Phil., p. 18. 
undersnrub (un'der-shrub), . A plant of shrub- 
by habit, but scarcely attaining the dimensions 
of a shrub; a very small shrub. See suffrutex 
undersign (im-der-sln'), ". t. To sign under 
or beneath; write one's name at the foot or 
end of , as of a letter or any legal instrument ; 
subscribe. 
Undersigned (un-der-sind'), p. a. Written or 
subscribed at the bottom or end of a writing. 
signing aiiy 
all cases indicating the number of volumes of spirit of the 
standard strength required to bring 100 volumes of thl 
sample to proof. The standard strength 0.825 is the light- 
est spirit that can be obtained by ordinary distillation and 
is called pure spirit in the British excise. 
underprop (un-der-prop'), r. t. To prop from 
beneath ; support ; uphold. Naslie, Pierce Peni- 
lesse, p. 23. 
Six columns, three on either side 
Pure silver, underpropt a rich 
Throne of the massive ore 
ennyson, Recollections of the Arabian Nights. 
underproportioned (un'der-pro-p6r"shond), a. 
Having too little proportion; not in equal or 
adequate proportions. Jeremy Collier, On Pride. 
underseller (un-der-sel'erOne who sells 
an article or pommoditv at a Inwpr ratp than 
"other sells tZ me or a imTlar articTe 
a . n< , tne same or a Blmllar article. 
-Innate of PMl. and Penn., I. 242. 
undersense (un'der-sens), n. A lower or deeper 
sense. [Bare.] 
They [all great men] have a curious undersense of pow- 
erlessness, feeling that the greatness is not in them, but 
through them ; that they could not do or be anything than 
God made them - BuOnn, Religious Herald, Nov. 11, 188. 
under-servant (un'der-ser"vant), . An in- 
ferior or subordinate servant. " Camden. 
under-servicet (un'der-ser"vis), . An iiife- 
rior or subordinate service. Milton, Church- 
Government, Pref., ii. 
undersized (un'der-sizd), a. Of a size less than 
common or below a standard, 
under-skinkert (un'der-skmg"ker), . 1. An 
under-drawer or tapster. 
I give thee this pennyworth of sugar, clapped even now 
into my hand by an under-skinker. 
SAo*., 1 Hen. IV., ii. 4. 26. 
2. Naut., the assistant to the purser's steward. 
Admiral Smyth. 
underskirt (un'der-skert), n. 1. A skirt worn 
under others. 2. The foundation of a gown, 
on which drapery or an overskirt is arranged. 
under-sky (un'der-ski), n. A lower sky; the 
lower part of the atmosphere. Tennyson, The 
Dying Swan. [Bare.] 
