Word Meanings - PLACKET - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman.

• Underhew
  To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain.
• Undertake
  To take upon one's self; to engage in; to enter upon; to take in hand; to begin to perform; to set about; to attempt.
• Underletter
  A tenant or lessee who grants a lease to another.
• Underverse
  The lower or second verse.
• Underministry
  A subordinate or inferior ministry.
• Underwritten
  of Underwrite
• Underbearer
  One who supports or sustains; especially, at a funeral, one of those who bear the copse, as distinguished from a bearer, or pallbearer, who helps to hold up the pall.
• Underpinned
  of Underpin
• UNDERAGE
  Not having arrived at adult age, or at years of discretion; hence, raw; green; immature; boyish; childish. [Obs.] I myself have loved a lady, and pursued her with a great deal of under-age protestation. J. Webster.
• Underclay
  A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the Stigmaria.
• Underpuller
  One who underpulls.
• Underdig
  To dig under or beneath; to undermine.
• Undershapen
  Under the usual shape or size; small; dwarfish.
• Underfong
  To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
• Undersleeve
  A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn under another,
• Undergraduate
  A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.
• Understandingly
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly.
• Underhonest
  Not entirely honest.
• Undertaker
  One who undertakes; one who engages in any project or business.
• Underlie
  To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

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