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. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Betwixt undern and noon was the field all won.
R. of Brunne.
In a bed of worts still he lay
Till it was past undern of the day.
Chaucer. Underneath
(Un`der*neath") adv. [OE. undirnepe. See Under, and Beneath.] Beneath; below; in a
lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil.
Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath.
Milton. Underneath
(Un`der*neath"), prep. Under; beneath; below.
Underneath this stone lie
As much beauty as could die.
B. Jonson. Underniceness
(Un`der*nice"ness) n. A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
Undernime
(Un`der*nime") v. t. [imp. Undernom ] [OE. undernimen. See Under, and Nim.]
1. To receive; to perceive. [Obs.]
He the savor undernom
Which that the roses and the lilies cast.
Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.
Underofficer
(Un"der*of`fi*cer) n. A subordinate officer.
Underpart
(Un"der*part`) n. A subordinate part.
It should be lightened with underparts of mirth.
Dryden. Underpay
(Un`der*pay") v. t. To pay inadequately.
Underpeep
(Un`der*peep") v. t. To peep under. "The flame . . . would underpeep her lids." [R.] Shak.
Underpeer
(Un`der*peer") v. t. To peer under. [R.]
Underpeopled
(Un`der*peo"pled) a. Not fully peopled.
Underpight
(Un`der*pight") imp. of Underpitch.
Underpin
(Un`der*pin") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Underpinned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Underpinning.]
1. To lay stones, masonry, etc., under, as the sills of a building, on which it is to rest.
2. To support by some solid foundation; to place something underneath for support.
Underpinning
(Un"der*pin`ning) n.
1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting by stones, masonry, or the like.
2. (Arch.) (a) That by which a building is underpinned; the material and construction used for support,
introduced beneath a wall already constructed. (b) The foundation, esp. of a frame house. [Local, U.
S.]
