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The nest of a small swallow (Collocalia nidifica and several allied species), of China and the neighboring countries, which is mixed with soups. Note: The nests are found in caverns and fissures of cliffs on rocky coasts, and are composed in part of algæ. They are of the size of a goose egg, and in substance resemble isinglass. See Illust. under Edible. 3. (Bot.)

• Smalls
  See Small, n., 2, 3.
• Undermanned
  Insufficiently furnished with men; short-handed.
• Underworked
  of Underwork
• Allineation
  Alt. of Alineation
• Underaction
  Subordinate action; a minor action incidental or subsidiary to the main story; an episode.
• Undernime
  To receive; to perceive.
• ALLICEALLIS
  The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose.
• Composer
  One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
• Underbuilder
  A subordinate or assistant builder.
• Underpraise
  To praise below desert.
• UNDERPROPPER
  One who, or that which, underprops or supports.
• Founding
  of Found
• Undercreep
  To creep secretly or privily.
• Undersay
  To say by way of derogation or contradiction.
• Gooseberries
  of Gooseberry
• Underestimate
  To set to/ low a value on; to estimate below the truth.
• Undershrub
  Partly shrublike.
• Illustratory
  Serving to illustrate.
• Underglaze
  Applied under the glaze, that is, before the glaze, that is, before the glaze is put on; fitted to be so applied; -- said of colors in porcelain painting.
• Understair
  Of or pertaining to the kitchen, or the servants' quarters; hence, subordinate; menial.

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