Underground railroad or railway. See under Railroad.
Un"der*ground`, adv. Beneath the surface of the earth.
Un"der*grove` (?), n. A grove of shrubs or low trees under taller ones.
Wordsworth.
Un`der*grow" (?), v. i. To grow to an inferior, or less than the usual,
size or height. Wyclif.
Un`der*grow", a. Undergrown. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Un`der*grown" (?), a. Of small stature; not grown to a full height or
size.
Un"der*growth` (?), n. That which grows under trees; specifically,
shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. Milton.
Un`der*grub" (?), v. t. To undermine. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
Un"der*hand` (?), a. 1. Secret; clandestine; hence, mean; unfair;
fraudulent. Addison.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) Done, as pitching, with the hand lower
than the shoulder, or, as bowling, with the hand lower than elbow.
Un"der*hand` (?), adv. 1. By secret means; in a clandestine manner;
hence, by fraud; unfairly.
Such mean revenge, committed underhand.
Dryden.
Baillie Macwheeble provided Janet, underhand, with meal for their
maintenance.
Sir W. Scott.
2. (Baseball, Cricket, etc.) In an underhand manner; — said of pitching
or bowling.
Un"der*hand`ed, a. 1. Underhand; clandestine.
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2. Insufficiently provided with hands or workers; short-handed;
sparsely populated.
Norway . . . might defy the world, . . . but it is much underhanded
now.
Coleridge.
Un"der*hand`ed*ly (?), adv. In an underhand manner.
Un`der*hang" (?), v. t. & i. To hang under or down; to suspend.
Holland.
Un"der*hang`man (?), n. An assistant or deputy hangman. Shak.
Un"der*head` (?), n. A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.
[Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
Un`der*heave" (?), v. i. To heave or lift from below. [Obs.] Wyclif.
Un`der*hew" (?), v. t. 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. Haldeman.
Un`der*hon"est (?), a. Not entirely honest. [R.] "We think him
overproud and underhonest." Shak.
Un`der*hung" (?), a. 1. (Carp.) Resting on a track at the bottom,
instead of being suspended; — said of a sliding door. Forney.