under region

An inferior or lower region. under-roof, s. A roof under another; a lower roof. "An under - roof of doleful gray." Tennyson: Dying Swan , 4. *under-searching, adj . Searching or seeking below. "The under- searching water working on." Daniel: Civil Wars , bk. iii. under-secretary, s. A subordinate or a istant secretary. under-servant, s. An inferior servant. "Afterward an under - servant in the queen's stables."Camden: Hist. Q. Elizabeth (an. 1598). *under-service, s . Inferior or subordinate ser vice. under-sheriff, *under-sheriffe, und ers her eve, subst . A sheriff subordinate in rank to a sheriff properly so called; a sheriff's deputy. "Sheriffs and under-sheriffs, constables and turnkeys, in short, all the ministers of justice from Holt down to