Underpitch
(Un`der*pitch") v. t. [imp. Underpight.] [OE. underpicchen. See Under, and Pitch to
throw, fix.] To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.]
He drank and well his girdle underpight.
Chaucer. Underplay
(Un`der*play") v. i.
1. To play in a subordinate, or in an inferior manner; to underact a part.
2. (Card Playing) To play a low card when holding a high one, in the hope of a future advantage.
Underplay
(Un"der*play`) n. (Card Playing) The act of underplaying.
Underplot
(Un"der*plot`) n.
1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden.
2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
Underpoise
(Un`der*poise") v. t. To weigh, estimate, or rate below desert; to undervalue. [R.] Marston.
Underpossessor
(Un"der*pos*sess`or) n. One who possesses or holds anything subject to the superior
of another. Jer. Taylor.
Underpraise
(Un`der*praise") v. t. To praise below desert.
Underprize
(Un`der*prize") v. t. To undervalue; to underestimate. Shak.
Underproduction
(Un`der*pro*duc"tion) n. (Polit. Econ.) The production of less than is demanded or
of less than the usual supply. F. A. Walker.
Underproof
(Un"der*proof`) a. Containing less alcohol than proof spirit. See Proof spirit, under Spirit.
Underprop
(Un`der*prop") v. t. To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold.
Underprop the head that bears the crown.
Fenton. Underproportioned
(Un`der*pro*por"tioned) a. Of inadequate or inferior proportions; small; poor.
Scanty and underproportioned returns of civility.
Collier. Underpropper
(Un"der*prop`per) n. One who, or that which, underprops or supports.
Underpull
(Un`der*pull") v. i. To exert one's influence secretly. [Obs.] Ld. North.
Underpuller
(Un"der*pull`er) n. One who underpulls. [Obs.]
Underput
(Un`der*put") v. t. To put or send under. [Obs.]
Underrate
(Un`der*rate") v. t. To rate too low; to rate below the value; to undervalue. Burke.
Underrate
(Un"der*rate`) n. A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. Cowley.
Underreckon
(Un`der*reck"on) v. t. To reckon below what is right or proper; to underrate. Bp. Hall.
Underrun
(Un`der*run") v. t. To run or pass under; especially (Naut.), to pass along and under, as a
cable, for the purpose of taking it in, or of examining it.
