Un"der*sher`iff*ry (?), n. Undershrievalty. [Obs.]

Un"der*shirt` (?), n. A shirt worn next the skin, under another shirt;

— called also undervest.

Un`der*shoot" (?), v. t. To shoot short of (a mark).

Un"der*shot` (?), a. 1. (Zoöl.) Having the lower incisor teeth

projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

2. Moved by water passing beneath; — said of a water wheel, and opposed

to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

Un"der*shriev"al*ty (?), n. The office or position of an undersheriff.

Un"der*shrieve` (?), n. (Bot.) A low shrub; a woody plant of low

stature.

Un"der*shrub`, a. Partly shrublike.

Un"der*shut` (?), a. Closed from beneath.

Undershut valve (Mach.), a valve which shuts by being lifted against a

seat facing downward. Knight.

Un"der*side` (?), n. The lower or lowest side of anything. Paley.

Un`der*sign" (?), v. t. To write one's name at the foot or end of, as a

letter or any legal instrument.

The undersigned, the person whose name is signed, or the persons whose

names are signed, at the end of a document; the subscriber or

subscribers.

Un"der*sized` (?), a. Of a size less than is common.

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