To underrun a tackle(Naut.), to separate its parts and put them in order.

Undersail
(Un`der*sail") v. i. To sail alongshore. [Obs.]

Undersailed
(Un"der*sailed`) a. Inadequately equipped with sails. [Obs.]

Undersaturated
(Un`der*sat"u*ra`ted) a. Not fully saturated; imperfectly saturated.

Undersay
(Un`der*say") v. t. To say by way of derogation or contradiction. [Obs.] Spenser.

Underscore
(Un`der*score") v. t. To draw a mark or line under; to underline. J. Tucker.

Undersecretary
(Un`der*sec"re*ta*ry) n. A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.

Undersell
(Un`der*sell") v. t. To sell the same articles at a lower price than; to sell cheaper than.

Underservant
(Un"der*serv`ant) n. An inferior servant.

Underset
(Un`der*set") v. t. To prop or support. Bacon.

Underset
(Un"der*set`) n. (Naut.) Undercurrent.

Undersetter
(Un"der*set`ter) n. One who, or that which, undersets or supports; a prop; a support; a pedestal.

Undersetting
(Un"der*set`ting) n. Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal. Sir H. Wotton.

Undershapen
(Un"der*shap`en) a. Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish. [Poetic]

His dwarf, a vicious undershapen thing.
Tennyson.

Undersheriff
(Un"der*sher`iff) n. A sheriff's deputy.

Undersheriffry
(Un"der*sher`iff*ry) n. Undershrievalty. [Obs.]

Undershirt
(Un"der*shirt`) n. A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; — called also undervest.

Undershoot
(Un`der*shoot") v. t. To shoot short of

Undershot
(Un"der*shot`) a.

1. (Zoöl.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

2. Moved by water passing beneath; — said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

Undershrievalty
(Un"der*shriev"al*ty) n. The office or position of an undersheriff.

Undershrieve
(Un"der*shrieve`) n. (Bot.) A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.

Undershrub
(Un"der*shrub`), a. Partly shrublike.

Undershut
(Un"der*shut`) a. Closed from beneath.

Undershut valve(Mach.), a valve which shuts by being lifted against a seat facing downward. Knight.

The cable passes over the bows and stern of the boat used, while the men haul the boat along by pulling upon the cable. Totten.


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