Understrapper

n. A petty fellow: inferior agent. —Undertake', v. t. [imp. -took; p. p. -taken; ing.] To take upon one's self, engage in, enter set about, attempt; to lay one's self under obligations, or enter into stipulations, or covenant or tract, to perform or execute. — v. i. To take upon a ume any busine or province; to promise, bound. — Under tak'er, n. One who undertakes; esp., one who takes the charge and management funerals. — Undertaking, n. That which is undertaken; any busine , work, or project which son engages in, or attempts to perform; enterprise; attempt; engagement.— Under val'ue, v. t. To value, rate, or estimate below the real worth; to esteem lightly, treat as of little worth, despise. —Underwent. See Undergo.— Underwork', v. t. [-worked or -wrought, -working.] To do like work at price than; to undermine, destroy by clandestine measures. — v. i. To work or labor upon le , a le price than is sufficient or proper. —Underw rite',!>. t. [imp. -WROTE; p. p. -WRITTEN; -WRIT- ING.] To write under something else; to subscribe; to set one's name to (a policy of insurance) for purpose of becoming answerable for lo or age, for a certain premium per cent. — Un'derwrit'er, n. An insurer, —so called because he underwrites his name tq_the conditions of the policy.— Un'der-clothes, -kloths, colloq. -kloz, n. pi. Clothes worn under others, or next the skin. — cur'rent, A current below the surface of water, sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the face; an unseen influence, tendency, etc.— -drain, A covered drain or trench below the surface of ground, with joints or openings through which water may percolate from the soil or ground above. — v. t. To drain by forming a covered channel low the surface. — grad'uate, n. A student member of a university or college, who has taken his first degree. — ground, a. Being the surface of the ground. — lease, n. (Law.) lease granted by a tenant or le ee. — ten'ant. The tenant of a tenant; one who holds lands tenements of a tenant. tone, n. A low or dued tone or utterance. — tow, n. A current water below, in a different direction from that the surface; backward flow of a wave. — wood, Small trees that grow among large trees; coppice. -world, n. The lower or inferior world; the odes; Hades.