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单词 undersetter
释义 underˈsetter
[f. underset v.]
One who or that which supports or upholds. Also fig.
c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 110 Þe whiche þat beþ vndire⁓setterys to þo bonys þat beþ y-clepyde nerualia.c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode ii. cxxvi. (1869) 123 J am to orguill an vnder⁓settere and a susteynour by especial.1537Bible (Matthew's) 1 Kings vii. 30 In y⊇ foure corners were vndersetters vnder the lauatorye.1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. vi. 60 Outward Power, and Honourable places, are but under⁓setters, or props to this Gourd of Prelacy.1697Jos. Woodward Relig. Soc. ii. (1701) 28 Undersetters, whom gain and the promises of court-favour had brought over to their party.
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