underwater

Being or lying under water; subaquatic. "Vulteius found this under-water traine." May: Lucan; Pharsalia, iv. *under-witted, a. Half-witted; silly. "Cupid is an under-witted whipster."-Kennet: Eras . mus; Praise of Folly , p. 19. under-world, s. I. Ordinary Language: 1. In the same sense as II. 2. The opposite side of the globe; the antipodes. "Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the under-world." Tennyson: Prince , iv. 27. *3. The lower or inferior part of mankind. II. Anthrop.: The abode of departed spirits; Hades. The idea that the souls of men, after death, went down to a region beneath is very ancient and widespread, and is commented on by Lucian ( De Lucia, 2). This popular notion finds expre ion in one article of the Apostles' Creed, "He descended into Hell." "In the ancient Egyptian doctrine of the future life, modeled as it was on solar myth, Amenti, the western region of the departed, is an under- world , or Hades."Tylor: Prim. Cult . (ed. 1873), ii. 67. un-der-act, v. t. [Pref. under-, and Eng. act.] To act or perform, as a part or play, inefficiently or feebly. "The play was so underacted it broke down." -Mас ready. un-der-ac-tion, subst. [Pref. under-, and Eng. action.] Subordinate action; action not e ential to the main story. "The least episodes, or underactions , interwoven in it, are parts nece ary, or convenient to carry on the main design."-Dryden: Virgil's Æneis . (Dedic.) *ün-der-aid', v.t. [Pref. under- , and Eng. aid , v.] To aid secretly. IMG:content-0051.png:[blocks in formation] Daniel: Hist. Eng ., p. 23. "The receivers of such will play under board ."-Fuller: Holy State , IV. v. 16. *ŭn-der-börne', pa . par . or a. [UNDERBEAR.] *un-der-bought (ought as ât), pa.par . or a. [UNDERBUY.]