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▪ I. undeep, n.
[f. next.]
A shoal, shallow place.
1513Douglas æneid v. iv. 114 First Sergest behind sone left hes he, Wreland on skelleis and wndepis of the see. 1847G. Lee tr. Hist. Ceylon 6 Some of their vessels were driven into the undeeps near the place..called Chilaw.
▪ II. unˈdeep, a.
[OE. undéop (see un-1 7 and deep a.), = WFris. ûn-, ondjip, Du. and Flem. ondiep, G. untief.]
Not deep; shallow.
c897K. ælfred Gregory's Past. C. lxv. 469 Nis ðæt rædlic ðing, ᵹif swa hlutor wæter hlud and undiop tofloweð æfter feldum. Ibid. lxiii. 459 On ðæt undiope mod. 1154O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1137, Sume hi diden in crucethus, ðæt is in an cæste þat was scort & nareu & undep. 1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Chirurg. 4/2 Smalle and vndiepe woundes. 1671Phil. Trans. VI. 3074 These Galleys are of great use both in Rivers and Un-deep Seas. |