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ˈundersong
[under-1 9 b.]
1. A subordinate or subdued song or strain, esp. one serving as an accompaniment or burden to another. Freq. transf. of natural sounds.
1579Spenser Sheph. Cal. Aug. 128 And Willye is not greatly ouergone, So weren his vndersongs well addrest. 1593Drayton Ecl. ix. G 3 b, When now at last..Was poynted who the Roundelay shoold singe And who againe the vnder⁓song should beare. 1613–6W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. iii. 1028 He thus began..To prayse his love; his hasty waves among The frothed rockes, bearing the under-song. 1697Dryden Virg., Past. iii. 86 The challenge to Damœtas shall belong: Menalcas shall sustain his under-song. 1710Philips Pastorals vi. 8 As eldest, Hobbinol, begin; And Languet's Under-Song by Turns come in. 1795Coleridge To J. Cottle 24 Th'unceasing rill..Murmurs sweet undersong 'mid jasmin bowers. 1820Keats Lamia ii. 200 While fluent Greek a vowel'd undersong Kept up among the guests. 1885J. Runciman Skippers 196 The hoarse undersong from the dim distance.
2. fig. An underlying meaning; an undertone.
1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature xviii. 326 Which is still as the conclusive undersong to the discanting of my larger Ditty. 1641J. Jackson True Evang. T. iii. 183 Iobs sorrowfull Messengers make it their under song of sad tidings. 1818Keats Let. Wks. 1889 III. 141 If there is any fault in the Preface it is not affectation, but an undersong of disrespect to the public. 1886Hall Caine Son of Hagar ii. xv, Beneath the chorus of their hearts' joy there was an undersong of discord. |