English English Dictionary

Something set or built under as a support; a pedestal.

Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish.

A sheriff's deputy.

Undershrievalty.

A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt; -- called also undervest.

To shoot short of (a mark).

Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

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

The office or position of an undersheriff.

A low shrub; a woody plant of low stature.

Partly shrublike.

Closed from beneath.

The lower or lowest side of anything.

To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a letter or any legal instrument.

Of a size less than is common.

Undertapster.

A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped dress.

The lower region of the sky.

A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,

The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.