undergown

A gown worn under another, or under some article of dre . "An under- gown and kirtle of pale-green silk."-Scott. under-hangman, subst . A substitute or deputy hangman. "Comparative for your virtues to be styled The under- hangman of his kingdom." Shakesp.: Cymbeline , ii. 3. *under-hived, a . Provided with or placed in a rather small hive. "The bees may do well enough in a middle-sized hive, for being under - hived , they will cast somewhat the sooner, though peradventure the le warm."-C. Butler: Female Monuments, p. 86. IMG:content-0048.jpg:[blocks in formation] *under-sheriffry, * under-shrieve, * undersheriffery, s. The office of an under sheriff. "Many times those under-sherifferies doe more good than their high speculations." -Bacon: E ays; Of Praise. *under-shrievalty, subst . The same as UNDER SHERIF FRY (q. v.).