underripe (under rip)

Not fully ripe; partly ripe. under-roof (un'der-röf), n. A roof under another; a lower roof. Tennyson, The Dying underrun (un-der-run'), v.; pret. underran, pp. Swan. [Rare.] underrun, ppr. underrunning. I. trans. To run or pa under; especially ( naut. ), to pa under, as for the purpose of examining: as, to under run a cable (to pa under it in a boat, in order to examine whether any part of it is damaged or entangled); to underrun a fishing-net. dor] underruns the Gulf Stream, as is shown by the iceOne part of it [a cold stream from Baffin's Bay, Labra bergs, which are carried in a direction tending acro its course. R. A. Proctor, Light Science, 1871, 1879, p. 136. To underrun a tackle, to separate its parts and put them in order. II. in trans. To move under, as a boat when a seine is hauled in over one side of it and paid out over the other. underrunning (un-der-run'ing), n. A method of tr of trawling in use on the Grand Banks, which permits the removal of the fish from the hooks and the baiting of the hooks in a single opera- tion. A very slight change in the form of the apparatus is nece ary for underrunning, and the set is made in the same way as for ordinary trawling. undersailt (un-der-sal'), v. i. [ saylen ; under + saill .] To sail under shelter of the land. Wyclif , Acts xxvii. 4. undersayt (un-der-sā'), v . t . To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser , Shep. Cal., September. underscore (un-der-skōr'), v. t. To draw a mark or line under; underline, as for emphasis. "Your Letty, only yours"; and this Thrice underscored. Tennyson , Edwin Morris. under-scribe (un'dėr-skrīb), n. A subordinate or a istant scribe. B. Jonson, Alchemist, i. 1. under-searching (un-der-sèr'ching), a . Search- ing or seeking below. Daniel . [Rare.] under-secretary (un'dėr-sekrē-tā-ri), n. A secretary subordinate to the principal secre- tary: as, an under - secretary for Ireland. under-secretaryship (under - sek" rē - tā-ri - ship), n. The office or position of an under- secretary. undersell (un-der-sel'), v. t.; pret. and pp. un dersold, ppr. underselling. To sell under, or cheaper than. By under- selling the market, they ruin the trade. Vanbrugh, Relapse, iv. 2. proof the the plumber pre dit i mated and unproof in underseller (un-der-sel'ér), n. One who sells all cases indicating the number of volumes of spirit of the standard strength required to bring 100 volumes of the sample to proof. The standard strength 0.825 is the lightest spirit that can be obtained by ordinary distillation, and is called pure spirit in the British excise. underprop (un-der-prop'), r. t. To prop from beneath; support; uphold. Nashe, Pierce Penile e, p. 23. Six columns, three on either side, Pure silver, underpropt a rich Throne of the ma ive ore. Tennyson, Recollections of the Arabian Nights. under proportioned (un'der-prō-põrshond), a. Having too little proportion; not in equal or adequate proportions. Jeremy Collier, On Pride. an article or commodity at a lower rate than another sells the same or a similar article. Annals of Phil. and Penn., I. 242. undersense (un'dėr-sens), n. A lower or deeper sense. [Rare.] They [all great men] have a curious undersense of powerle ne , feeling that the greatne is not in them, but through them; that they could not do or be anything than God made them. Ruskin , Religious Herald, Nov. 11, 1886. under-servant (un'der-servant), n. An inferior or subordinate servant." Camden . under-servicet (un'der-sèrvis), n. An inferior or subordinate service. Milton , Church Government, Pref., ii. underset (un-dér-set'), v. t.; pret. and pp. un derset, ppr. undersetting. [ We have just occasion to make complaint as St. Jerome did: "The walls of the church there are enow contented to build, and to underset it with goodly pillars. Hooker , Eccles. Polity, v. 15. 2. To sublet. [Eng.] tenants. These middlemen will underset the land, and live in idlene , whilst they rack a parcel of wretched under Mi Edge worth . underset (un'der-set), n. Naut ., a current of water below the surface in a direction contrary to that of the wind, or of the water at the surface; an undercurrent. under setter (un'der-seter), n 1. A prop; & pedestal; a support. 1 Ki. vii. 30.-2. One who sublets or undersets. Proc. of 1607, in Rib ton Turner's Vagrants and Vagrancy, p. 139. undersetting (un'der-set"ing), n. 1. Same as underpinning, 2.-2. The lower part; the pedestal. Their under settings or pedestals. Sir H. Wotton , Reliquiæ, р. 22. undershapen (un-der-shā'pn), a. Undersized; dwarfish. Tennyson , Geraint. [Rare.] under-sheriff (un'der-sher"if), n. [Also under shrieve , q. v.; under shir eve , undreshyreve ; sheriff .] A sheriff's deputy; more specifically, as distinguished from deputy sheriff's in general, a deputy on whom as undersheriff the law devolves the powers of sheriff in case of a vacancy, the vice-sheriff having the powers of a deputy meanwhile. Yff they been putt in comfort there by the meene of a good shyreve and undreshyreve . Paston Letters, I. 165. under-sheriffryt (un'der-sher"if-ri), n. [Also under shri every , q. v.; under - sheriff +-ry.] The office of an under-sheriff. Bacon , Praise (ed. 1887).