Undercharged mine (Mil.), a mine whose crater is not as wide at top as
it is deep. W. P. Craighill.
Un"der*charge` (?), n. A charge that is less than is usual or suitable.
Un"der*clay` (?), n. (Geol.) A stratum of clay lying beneath a coal
bed, often containing the roots of coal plants, especially the
Stigmaria.
Un"der*cliff` (?), n. A subordinate cliff on a shore, consisting of
material that has fallen from the higher cliff above.
Un"der*clothes` (?), n. pl. Clothes worn under others, especially those
worn next the skin for warmth.
Un"der*cloth`ing (?), n. Same as Underclothes.
Un"der*coat` (?), n. 1. A coat worn under another; a light coat, as
distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat.
2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer
growth; as, a dog's undercoat.
Un"der*con`duct (?), n. A lower conduit; a subterranean conduit. [Obs.]
Sir H. Wotton.
Un`der*con*sump"tion (?), n. (Polit. Econ.) Consumption of less than is
produced; consumption of less than the usual amount. F. A. Walk&?;r.
Un"der*craft` (?), n. A sly trick or device; as, an undercraft of
authors. [R.] Sterne.
Un`der*creep" (?), v. i. To creep secretly or privily. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Un`der*crest" (?), v. t. To support as a crest; to bear. [Obs. & R.]
Shak.
Un"der*croft (?), n. [Under + Prov. E. croft a vault; cf. OD. krochte
crypt, and E. crypt.] (Arch.) A subterranean room of any kind; esp.,
one under a church (see Crypt), or one used as a chapel or for any
sacred purpose.
Un`der*cry" (?), v. i. To cry aloud. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Un"der*cur`rent (?), n. 1. A current below the surface of water,
sometimes flowing in a contrary direction to that on the surface.
Totten.
2. Hence, figuratively, a tendency of feeling, opinion, or the like, in
a direction contrary to what is publicly shown; an unseen influence or
tendency; as, a strong undercurrent of sentiment in favor of a
prisoner.
All the while there was a busy undercurrent in her.
G. Eliot.
Un"der*cur`rent, a. Running beneath the surface; hidden. [R.]
"Undercurrent woe." Tennyson.
Un"der*cut` (?), n. The lower or under side of a sirloin of beef; the
fillet.
Un`der*cut" (?), v. t. To cut away, as the side of an object, so as to
leave an overhanging portion.
Un"der*deal`ing (?), n. Crafty, unfair, or underhand dealing; unfair
practice; trickery. Milton.