Word Meanings - ROUGHSTRINGS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Pieces of undressed timber put under the steps of a wooden stair for their support.

• Underprize
  To undervalue; to underestimate.
• Undercrest
  To support as a crest; to bear.
• Underscore
  To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
• Underfaction
  A subordinate party or faction.
• Undershut
  Closed from beneath.
• Underwent
  of Undergo
• Understairs
  The basement or cellar.
• Underhand
  Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair; fraudulent.
• Understroke
  To underline or underscore.
• Underlaborer
  An assistant or subordinate laborer.
• Undertone
  A low or subdued tone or utterance; a tone less loud than usual.
• Supportful
  Abounding with support.
• Undermasted
  Having masts smaller than the usual dimension; -- said of vessels.
• Underwrought
  of Underwork
• Underactor
  A subordinate actor.
• Underofficer
  A subordinate officer.
• 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.
• Underbuilding
  Same as Substruction.
• Underbuy
  To buy at less than the real value or worth; to buy cheaper than.
• Underproduction
  The production of less than is demanded or of less than the usual supply.

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