subterrestrial (sub teres trial)

[L. sub, under, + terra, earth, ground, "> terrestris, of the earth: see terrestrial.] Subterranean. The most reputable way of entring into this subter res trial country is to come in at the fore-door. Tom Brown, Works, II. 209. ( Davies .) Sub tetramer a (sub-te-tram'e-rä), n . pl . [NL., neut. pl. of * sub tetramer us : see sub tetramerous .] Sub tetramer a A division of coleopterous insects, having the tarsi four-jointed with the third joint diminutive and concealed: synonymous with Crypto tetramer a and Pseudo trimer a. 6034 II. in trans. 1. To scheme or plan cunningly. Eche man sotileth a sleight synne for to hyde, And colour eth it for a kunnynge and a clene lyuynge. Piers Plowman (B), xix. 454.