Un"der*skink`er (?), n. Undertapster. [Obs.]

Un"der*skirt` (?), n. A petticoat; the foundation skirt of a draped

dress.

Un"der*sky` (?), n. The lower region of the sky.

Floating about the undersky.

Tennyson.

Un"der*sleeve` (?), n. A sleeve of an under-garment; a sleeve worn

under another,

Un"der*soil` (?), n. The soil beneath the surface; understratum;

subsoil.

Un`der*sold" (?), p. p. of Undersell.

Un"der*song` (?), n. 1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain.

Dryden.

2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning;

accompaniment; undertone.

In the very [poetry] there often an undersong of sense which none

beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend.

Landor.

Un"der*sparred` (?), a. (Naut.) Having spars smaller than the usual

dimension; — said of vessels.

Un`der*spend" (?), v. t. To spend less than.

Un"der*sphere` (?), n. 1. A sphere which is smaller than, and in its

movements subject to, another; a satellite.

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