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▪ I. ˈunderlout, a. and n. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 3–5 underloute (4–5 -lowte), 4–6 underlout (4–5 -lowt), 4 underlote, -lut(te, 4–6 -lute. (Also 3–5 vnder-, 4–5 vndir-, vndyr-, etc.)
[Related to OE. underlútan: see under-1 4 a and lout v.1 The second element may be a. ON. lútr adj., bending, stooping.]
†A. adj. Subject, subservient, submissive. Freq. const. to. Obs.
a1300Cursor M. 678 Þe bestes boud him all aboute, Als to þair lauerd vnderloute. c1325Metr. Hom. 109 Under⁓lout til thaim was he, Als god child au til elderes be. a1340Hampole Psalter xvii. 11 He made aungels vndirelout til man kynd. 1434Misyn Mending of Life 117 In þe flesch if þou be tempyd, make it sugett, þat þe spiryt be not vndir⁓lowt. c1450Mirour Saluacioun 787 Sho was..devoute To fulfille gods wille all gyven and vnderloute. 1513Douglas æneid xiii. iii. 71 The chance of kyngis standis onderlout, To mekill dreid ay subiect. 1583B. Melbancke Philotimus Aa iv b, Barbulas..was now at the checke of his vnderlout vassaile.
B. n.
1. One who is subject or subordinate to another; an underling or servant; an inferior. Now dial. (see later quots.).
a1300Cursor M. 3705 Þi breþer be þin vnderlute [Gött. -lout], And alle þat wonnes þe a-boute. Ibid. 18206 Þe erthis werld..has ben ai Vr vnderlut als to þis dai. c1340Hampole Pr. Consc. 3877 Yhit may þai graunt Of þair power pardon aparty Til þair hawen underloutes anly. c1400Apol. Loll. 2 To wham Austeyn, Jerom, and Gregor tak awey þe name of þe bischop, or heldarman, þat he may be correctid of wnderlowtis. c1440Alph. Tales 223 Sho made hur selfe..so grete ane vnderlowte, þat ilkone vggid with hur. a1470Harding Chron. xxx. viii, Then stande he moste in parell to bee slain, Or els putte doune right by his vnderloute. 1684Meriton Yorks. Dial. 61 Thou's nut think that Ile be thy Underlout. 1790Grose Prov. Gloss., Under-lout, a drudge in an inferior capacity. 1877Peacock N.W. Linc. Gloss. 264 Underlout, (1) a lazy servant-boy. (2) The least boy on a farm. (3) The weakest beast in a herd. 1886Cole S.W. Linc. Gloss. 158 Underlout,..the weaker pig in a sty,..the smaller and weaker trees in a plantation.
†2. Some part of a ship. Obs. rare.
1295–6Acc. Exch. K.R. 5/20 m. 1 In vno ligno ad vnder⁓loute cum quatuor aliis lignis ad scalmas..ix. s. vj. d. 1546Acc. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 486 Quhilk he debursit upoun the calfating, dok casting, putting in of the underlute of the said Lyoun and outred of hir to the raid.
▪ II. † underˈlout, v. Obs. rare.
[(1) = OE. underlútan; cf. prec. (2) f. prec.]
a. intr. To be subject, to submit.
b. trans. To make subject.
a1400Pauline Ep. (Powell) Heb. xiii. 17 Obesche ȝee to ȝoure prouostis and vndyrloute ȝee [L. subjacete] to þem. c1440Promp. Parv. 511/1 Vnderlowton, subjicio, subjecto. |