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underˈstrike, v. [under-1 4 a, b.] †1. trans. To let down (the sails of a ship). Obs.
1615Chapman Odyss. xvi. 474 Amphinomus in port display'd The ship arrived, her sails then under-stroke. 2. To strike (from) below.
1844Mrs. Browning Lady Geraldine's Courtship xlvii, For the root of some grave earnest thought is understruck so rightly As [etc.]. Hence ˈunderˌstriking ppl. a.
1880A. J. Hipkins in Grove Dict. Mus. II. 647/1 For understriking grand pianos..and for upright pianos. Ibid. 712/1 Both overstriking and understriking apparatus. |