underbred

Ill-bred, unbred. "An under- bred , fine spoken fellow was he." Goldsmith: Haunch of Venison. under-builder, subst. A subordinate builder or workman in building. *under-carved, a . Carved or graven below. "Above your under- carved ornaments." Ben Jonson: To Counte of Rutland. IMG:content-0045.png:[blocks in formation] each seam of coal repre sents the remains of an old forest, the under-clay on which it rests was the soil in which the trees grew. (2) Any bed which seems to have once constituted surface soil. under-cliff s . A terrace stretching along the sea-shore at the base of a higher cliff, originally washed by the sea, and Under-cliff. formed by the materials falling from the cliff above. One of the best known is on the south side of the Isle of Wight. under-clothes, under-clothing, subst. Clothes worn under others, or next the skin. "The poor women, no seamstre es themselves, are offered under - clothing ready made."-St. James's Gazette, Jan. 6, 1888. *under-conduct, s. An underground or subterranean conduit. "All dig wells and cisterns, and other under-conducts and conveyances, for the suillage."- Reliquice Wottonianæ , p. 19. *under-craft, s. A sly trick. ""Tis an under- craft of authors." - Sterne: Tristram Shandy , ch. xix. *under-crest' v . t . To wear as on the crest; to bear, to support. "To undercrest your good addition, To the fairne of my power." Shakesp.: Coriolanus, i. 9. IMG:content-0046.png:[blocks in formation] Underhand or clandestine "He mentions not his under - dealing to debauch armies here at home." - Milton: Eikon ok las tes. *under-delve, v . t . To dig or delve under or below; to undermine. "Thei han undirdolven thine auteris." - Wycliffe . Romans xi. *under-earthly, a . Subterranean. ( Sylvester : The Arke , 2,817.)