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Underget
Underget Un`der*get", v. t.
To get under or beneath; also, to understand. [Obs.] --R. of
Gloucester.
Undergird
Undergird Un`der*gird", v. t.
To blind below; to gird round the bottom.
They used helps, undergirding the ship. --Acts xxvii.
17.
Underglaze
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.
UndergoUndergo Un`der*go", v. t. [imp. Underwent; p. p. Undergone
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] [AS. underg[=a]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. Undergod
Undergod Un"der*god`, n.
A lower or inferio? god; a subordinate deity; a demigod.
UndergoingUndergo Un`der*go", v. t. [imp. Underwent; p. p. Undergone
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] [AS. underg[=a]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. UndergoneUndergo Un`der*go", v. t. [imp. Underwent; p. p. Undergone
(?; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Undergoing.] [AS. underg[=a]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. Undergore
Undergore Un`der*gore", v. t.
To gore underneath.
Undergown
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.
Undergraduate
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.
Undergraduate
Undergraduate Un`der*grad"u*ate, a.
Of or pertaining to an undergraduate, or the body of
undergraduates.
Undergraduateship
Undergraduateship Un`der*grad"u*ate*ship, n.
The position or condition of an undergraduate.
Undergroan
Undergroan Un`der*groan, v. t.
To groan beneath. [Obs.]
Earth undergroaned their high-raised feet. --Chapman.
Underground
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.
UndergroundUnderground 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. Underground
Underground Un"der*ground`, adv.
Beneath the surface of the earth.
Underground insurance
Underground insurance Un"der*ground` in*sur"ance
Wildcat insurance.
Underground railroadRailroad 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["o]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.] ``Their house was a principal entrep[^o]t of the
underground railroad.' --W. D. Howells. Underground railroadUnderground 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. Undergrove
Undergrove Un"der*grove`, n.
A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.
--Wordsworth.
Undergrow
Undergrow Un`der*grow", v. i.
To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual, size or
height. --Wyclif.
Undergrow
Undergrow Un`der*grow", a.
Undergrown. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Undergrown
Undergrown Un`der*grown", a.
Of small stature; not grown to a full height or size.
Undergrowth
Undergrowth Un"der*growth`, n.
That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small
trees growing among large trees. --Milton.
Undergrub
Undergrub Un`der*grub", v. t.
To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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