underdrawv.
/ˌʌndəˈdrɔː/ 1. transitive. To mark by lines drawn underneath.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > punctuate [verb (transitive)] > underline, overline, etc.
underline1721
understroke1732
underscore1770
underdraw1799
overline1845
1799 A. Seward Lett. (1811) V. 195 The motto you will find underdrawn in the lines which suggested my design.
2. To cover (the inside of a roof or the under-side of a floor) with boards or with lath and plaster.Hence dialect underdrawing, a ceiling.
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society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or providing with specific parts > build or provide with specific parts [verb (transitive)] > roof > provide with ceiling
ceil1519
underdraw1843
1843 W. Wordsworth Prose Wks. (1876) III. 201 The interior of it has been..made warmer by underdrawing the roof, and raising the floor.
1865 Spectator 22 Apr. 435 The mud walls bulging in here and out there; the roof of thatch, and not underdrawn.
3. To represent or depict inadequately.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > misrepresentation > misrepresent [verb (transitive)] > by inadequate treatment
underwrite1724
underdraw1865
1865 Mrs. H. Wood Mildred Arkell I. xvi. 282 The sufferings described..were underdrawn rather than the contrary.
1890 Academy 3 May 300/2 One seems to be overdrawn, while the other is underdrawn.
4. To draw from a bank-account so as to leave a reserve. Also absol.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > moderation or reduction in expenditure > spend money sparingly [verb (transitive)] > as to leave a reserve
underdraw1898
1898 Times 12 July 13/4 I..generally underdrew so as to leave a margin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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