underpeept (under pep)

t. To peep or look under. Shak., Cym., ii. 2. 20. [Rare.] underpeert (un-dér-pēr'), v. t. To peer under. Putten ham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 128. [Rare.] under-peopled (un'der-pē"pld), a. Not fully peopled. Adam Smith. underpightt. Preterit of underpitch. underpin (un-dėr-pin'), v. t.; pret. and pp. un der pinned, ppr. underpinning. To pin or support underneath; place something under for support or foundation when a previous support is removed; underset; hence, figuratively, to support; prop. (a) To support (a wall) when an excavation is made beneath, by bringing up a new portion of building from the lower level. (b) To support, as an overhanging bank of earth or rock, by masonry or brick underpinning (un'der-pin"ing), n. 1. The act of one who underpins; the act of supporting a superior part of a wall, etc., by introducing a support underneath it.-2. A solid structure, as a new foundation or other support, temporary or permanent, introduced beneath a wall, a building, etc., previously constructed, as when the original foundation has proved insufficient, or has been impaired from any cause. Also called undersetting, and in Scotland goufing. After this are you surprised that this House, the and pillar of freedom, is itself held only by the freacherous underpinning and clumsy buttre es of arb i Burke , American Taxation, trary power? 3. The foundation-wall of a building, especially of a wooden one.-4. A method of well-sinking in which a wall is laid in sections. A hole is dus as deep as it can be made with safety. A heavy curb of durable wood is laid, and the wall carried up from this. Excavations are then again carried on as deep as po ible, and struts from the bottom are carried up to support the curb and its load, while excavations are made beneath it for another curb and its wall, which is built up to the under side of the first curb. A third section is laid in like manner, and thus on to the required depth.