underhandadj.n.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈhand/,

/ˈʌndəhand/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌ(h)ænd/

Etymology: < under-hammer n.

A. adj. (In predicative use often underˈhand.)

†a. Archery. Used in shooting ‘under hand’. (Cf. underhand adv. 2a.)

ΚΠ

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14 Thus the vnderhande [shaft] must haue a small breste, to go cleane awaye oute of the bowe.

b. Made with the hands kept below the level of the body.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adjective] > swimming > specific stroke

underhand1705

hand over hand1849

overhand1876

overarm1887

under-arm1905

butterfly1934

1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea ix. 129 Paddling the Water with an under-hand stroke.

c. Cricket. Of bowling: Performed with the hand held under the ball and lower than the shoulder or (formerly) the elbow. (Cf. under-arm adj. 1 and underhand adv. 2d.)

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > manner of bowling

straight-arm1807

straight-armed1827

round-arm1835

round hand1847

underhand1850

round-armed1854

wristy1867

fast-medium1873

under-arm1877

quick1899

windmill1900

body line1932

1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 33 By the underhand method of bowling, the ball..went directly to the wicket.

1867 Lillywhite's Cricketers' Comp. 8 Underhand bowling is almost extinct.

1905 F. Sugg's Cricket Annual 47 It is very essential that he should cultivate the under-hand throw.

d. Using underhand bowling.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [adjective] > types of bowler

straight-armed1827

round1831

round-arm1835

lobbing1840

underhand1848

skimming1851

right arm1877

fastish1884

quick1922

quickish1939

off-spinning1955

stock bowling1976

1848 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking ii. 13 Similar to the swing of an under-hand bowler at cricket.

1851 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 4) 68 He is a capital under-hand bowler and a dangerous bat.

a. Secret, clandestine, surreptitious. Also absol.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth

stolenc1400

secret1548

clandestine1566

stealed1577

backdoor1581

underhand1592

surreptitial1602

surreptitious?1615

furtive1628

surreptious1630

by1633

surreptive1633

subreptitious1641

surreptitious1645

postern1648

backstairs1663

smuggled1707

underneath1747

underhanded1806

hidlingsa1810

hole-and-corner1835

side door1862

under-cover1933

under the table1938

crafty1946

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky > specifically of actions, etc.

underhand1592

sneaky1861

1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I ^v All vnder-hand cloaking of bad actions with Common-wealth pretences.

1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) App. 149 It was ordered..that..the sollicitor should goe with the officer, whoe had the warrant, and showlld searche all underhand workers' howsses.

1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 139 The former endeavouring by underhand treaties to undermyne him.

1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §59. 471/1 Manuel..was an underhand enemy to the Western Christians, and an open enemy to the Turks.

1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 550. ¶1 Several indirect and underhand Practices.

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. i. 15 These turbulent cities..never failed to find under-hand countenance at the Court of Louis.

1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1877) II. ix. 366 Their influence must have been exercised in a purely underhand way.

1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker x. 152 A new element of the uncertain, the underhand, perhaps even the dangerous.

b. Of persons: Not straightforward.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [adjective]

crooked?c1225

sinister?1455

indirect1570

undirect1594

involved1612

obliquous1614

unstraight1650

back-handed1800

tortuous1801

twistical1805

louche1819

hooky-crooky1833

underhand1842

twisty1857

underhanded1864

bent1914

society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky

subornate1548

sneaking1582

sinistral1598

sinistruous1601

left-sided1607

left-handed1615

meeching1616

leer1631

backstabbing1803

sneaky1834

underhand1842

sneakish1864

underhanded1864

low-down1905

1842 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 393 I am often accused of being underhand and uncandid.

1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. xvi You could not mean to be sly and underhand.

3. Not open or obvious; unobtrusive; quiet.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective]

sundereOE

privyc1300

close1393

private1472

soleinc1475

secret1528

retired1595

implicit1610

cabinet1611

underhanda1616

closet1639

umbratile1640

closeteda1649

curtain1661

recluse1673

snug1710

pocket1804

entre nous1806

underground1820

sub rosa1824

esoterical1850

esoteric1876

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. i. 132 I had my selfe notice of my Brothers purpose heerein, and haue by vnder-hand meanes laboured to disswade him from it.

1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxxviii. 50 By this handsom under-hand dealing, I have reduced the formerly ruinous..State..into the condition that now it is.

1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xxiv. 267 For, as she observed, in an underhand way, there was no disputing with a man who held the key of the post-bag.

1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 66 The most subtle moves of a game of chess,..which are, in dim, underhand, wonderful way, bringing out their foreseen and inevitable result.

4. Held in, manipulated by, the hand.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [adjective] > used or controlled > used or controlled by hand

handlya1400

manual1583

underhand1706

1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 87 He went..with Crutches, and was in six or eight times Bathing so much reliev'd, as to walk with an underhand Stick.

1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 136 Ridge out melons in under~hand glasses.

5. Mining. Worked from above downwards.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > method of mining

open cut1869

underhand1877

open-pit1892

opencast1896

shortwall1912

1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 226 Fifteen men were engaged in underhand stoping from the top of winze No. 3.

B. n.

1. An underhand ball; underhand bowling.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball

full toss1826

long hop1830

twister1832

bail ball1833

bailer1833

grubber1837

slow ball1838

wide1838

ground ball1839

shooter1843

slower ball1846

twiddler1847

creeper1848

lob1851

sneak1851

sneaker1851

slow1854

bumper1855

teaser1856

daisy-cutter1857

popper1857

yorker1861

sharpshooter1863

headball1866

screwball1866

underhand1866

skimmerc1868

grub1870

ramrod1870

raymonder1870

round-armer1871

grass cutter1876

short pitch1877

leg break1878

lob ball1880

off-break1883

donkey-drop1888

tice1888

fast break1889

leg-breaker1892

kicker1894

spinner1895

wrong 'un1897

googly1903

fizzer1904

dolly1906

short ball1911

wrong 'un1911

bosie1912

bouncer1913

flyer1913

percher1913

finger-spinner1920

inswinger1920

outswinger1920

swinger1920

off-spinner1924

away swinger1925

Chinaman1929

overspinner1930

tweaker1938

riser1944

leg-cutter1949

seamer1952

leggy1954

off-cutter1955

squatter1955

flipper1959

lifter1959

cutter1960

beamer1961

loosener1962

doosra1999

1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark I. xxxiii. 282 He handles the willow pretty well, and would treat you to a tolerably straight, well pitched slow underhand.

1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! 338 All display a precocious talent for round-hand bowling, very different to the sneaking underhand affected by the uneducated youth of Great Britain.

2. A position of inferiority.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > state of being at a disadvantage

underhand1886

one-downness1952

one-downmanship1961

1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xii. 103 I paid the less attention to this, for I knew it was usually said by those who have the underhand.

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underhandadv.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈhand/, U.S.

/ˈəndərˌ(h)ænd/

Etymology: under- prefix². Compare Middle Dutch onderhande(n) by degrees, slowly; Dutch onderhandsch secret, private; Danish underhaanden secretly, privately.

†1.

a. In (or into) subjection; under rule or command. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [adverb] > in subjection

underhanda1000

underfootc1175

undera1400

under hatchesc1400

at underc1425

subordinate1617

society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > under control

to (one's) handOE

underhanda1000

under subordination1749

in hand1761

a1000 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 218 (note) Æghwæðer ga bisceope underhand.

OE Daniel 71 Gelæddon eac on langne sið Israela cyn, on eastwegas to Babilonia, beorna unrim, under hand hæleð hæðenum deman.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7057 Labdon þan had þam vnder-hand, Was ouerman aght yeir lastand.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6442 Þis ilk folk was vntelland, þat moyses had vnder hand.

†b. In (one's) possession or power. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > [adverb] > in possession

underhanda1200

within1573

a1200 in Kemble Codex Dipl. (1846) IV. 268 Ðat lond ðat Berric hauede under hande.

c1200 in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. Sax. (1865) 581 Alle þinge þe hi under honde habben buten þat lond.

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2984 Þo he adde þe luþer king agag vnder honde, He let him hewe to peces.

†c. In hand; in course of doing. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [adverb]

upc1290

underhandc1400

adoing1429

under way1788

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3478 This batayl wil he undertake, And he haves yit in other land Ful felle dedes underhand.

1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 26 Which made the People have a suspicion that there was a Design under hand, but it could not be discovered.

†2.

a. Archery. (Meaning uncertain.) Obsolete. rare.

ΚΠ

?15.. Robin Hoode & Qu. Kath. xxix. (Percy MS.) Loxly puld forth a broad arrowe, He shott it vnder hand.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13^v Those [shafts] that be lytle brested and big toward the hede..be fit for them whiche shote vnder hande.

1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 41^v A byg brested shafte [is bad] for hym that shoteth vnder hande..: a litle brested shafte for him y^t shoteth aboue y^e hande.

b. (See quot. 1834.)

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > obsequies > [adverb] > manner of bearing coffin

underhand1721

1721 S. Sewall Diary 18 Nov. (1973) II. 984 Went to the Funeral... The Sight was awfull to see the Father, and then the daughter underhand by four.

1834 A. E. Bray Warleigh II. ix. 188 The coffin..was borne ‘underhand’, as it is called in Devonshire; that is, carried by bearers, who supported it not on their shoulders, but by napkins passed through the coffin-rings.

c. (See quot.)

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [adverb] > under or upper hand

underhand1770

1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 502 The Light and Easy, or Heavy and Hard Running in of the Carriage. Thus.., the Press goes light and easy under Hand, or it goes heavy or hard under Hand.

1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 149 Underhand, a term used by pressmen in relation to the easy or hard running-in of the carriage under the platen.

d. With the hand held below; spec. in Cricket (see underhand adj. 1c).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adverb] > manner of bowling

underhanded1816

underhand1828

round1859

round the wicket1867

overarm1897

square on1963

the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adverb] > with the hand over or under the object held

above-hand1581

overhand1598

overhanded1849

underhand1885

1828 in Box Cricket (1868) 77 The ball must be bowled..and delivered underhand with the hand below the elbow.

1885 Graphic 14 Feb. 166/1 He..drew out a pair of steel handcuffs, which he..threw up and caught underhand in the air.

3. In a secret, covert, or stealthy manner; by secret means; quietly or unobtrusively.Common from c1580; formerly often written as two words (β), or with hyphen (γ).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb]

softlyc1225

by stalea1240

privilya1250

slylyc1275

thieflyc1290

stealingly13..

by stealth1390

stalworthlya1400

theftfullyc1400

theftlyc1400

theftuouslyc1400

under veilc1425

thievishly?c1450

by theft1488

quietly1488

furtively1490

by surreption1526

hugger-muggera1529

in hugger-mugger1529

underhand1538

insidiously1545

creepingly1548

surreptiously1573

underboard1582

filchingly1583

sneakingly1598

underwater1600

slipperily1603

thief-likea1625

clandestinely1632

surreptitiously1643

thievously1658

clancularly1699

stownlins1786

stealthily1806

underhandedly1806

stolen-wise1813

on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818

round-the-corner1820

underhanded1823

stealthfully1828

slinkingly1830

slippingly1830

on the sneak?1863

sneakishly1867

behind backs1874

stalkingly1891

on the side1893

under the counter1926

underground1935

under the table1938

down and dirty1959

sneakily1966

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adverb] > manner of shooting

underhand1538

overhand1875

α.

1538 T. Elyot Dict. Suppilo,..to steale vnderhand [1545 vnder hande] or craftily.

1582 W. Allen tr. E. Campion Let. in Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. e5^v Neither can I tel who altered his determination, sauing God to whom vnderhand I then humbly praied.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 215 The rest being put to the sword, saue those that were vnderhand saued by the Sidonians.

1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 44 Being underhand backed and fed with money by two Tenants.

1684 W. Hedges Diary 2 July (1887) I. 148 He told me that M^r. Richard Frenchfeild was, underhand, a great favorer of y^e Interlopers.

1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 605 His Majesty was underhand preparing for war.

1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 375 I should not be surprised if he did all he could, underhand, to lessen you in the opinion..of those who employ you.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 242 Baillie Macwheeble supplied Janet underhand with meal for their maintenance.

1894 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide vii Approaching that island underhand like eaves~droppers and thieves.

β. 1538 [see α. ]. ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Miii Our owne politike & worldly wise subiectes & frendes, which are the greatest numbers, flee daily from vs, make their peace vnder hand with our aduersaries, and still ripen the mischiefes till our state fall rotten to ruine.1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 305/1 The same Stigand was an helper vnder hande for King William to atteyne the Crowne.1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iii. sig. G4 He does it vnder hand, out of a reseru'd disposition to doe thee good without ostentation.1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures x. 31 He..used the interposure of a Man born in the country, who under hand went to the fishermen.1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes i. 103 Commonly we liv'd by the Assistance of our Friends, who under Hand supplied us in our Marches, with Bread and other Necessaries.γ. 1583 R. Bowes & W. Davison in R. Bowes Corr. (1842) 336 He laboureth under-hand to work a peace between the duke and Gowrie.1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 221 Meane time he under-hand advertises Appollinaire to go always well accompanied.1683 London Gaz. No. 1807/3 They begin very much to suspect that..he does under-hand encourage the Turks to the War.1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xix. 362 These Gentlemen..agree under-hand with those who sell the Slaves.1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea iv. 49 Selling this Liquor by their Emissaries under-hand.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 148 In appearance to acquiesce in this resolution, whilst he endeavoured under-hand to give it all the obstruction he could.1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 138 That friend..was labouring hard under-hand to consolidate a band of patriots.1860 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France XVII. li. 73 Under-hand, they insinuated to the Grisons..that they ought to rise and overturn the Diet.

†4. = underfoot adv. 3. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adverb] > below proper or usual value

underfoot1576

under value1608

underhand1617

at a discount1792

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 55 If he bring his Horse thither, those that are to buy him, are such crafty knaues,..as he shall be forced to sell his Horse vnder hand.

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单词	underhand
释义	underhandadj.n. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈhand/, /ˈʌndəhand/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌ(h)ænd/ Etymology: < under-hammer n. A. adj. (In predicative use often underˈhand.) 1. †a. Archery. Used in shooting ‘under hand’. (Cf. underhand adv. 2a.) ΚΠ 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 14 Thus the vnderhande [shaft] must haue a small breste, to go cleane awaye oute of the bowe. b. Made with the hands kept below the level of the body. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > moving with current of air or water > movement in or on water > [adjective] > swimming > specific stroke underhand1705 hand over hand1849 overhand1876 overarm1887 under-arm1905 butterfly1934 1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea ix. 129 Paddling the Water with an under-hand stroke. c. Cricket. Of bowling: Performed with the hand held under the ball and lower than the shoulder or (formerly) the elbow. (Cf. under-arm adj. 1 and underhand adv. 2d.) ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adjective] > manner of bowling straight-arm1807 straight-armed1827 round-arm1835 round hand1847 underhand1850 round-armed1854 wristy1867 fast-medium1873 under-arm1877 quick1899 windmill1900 body line1932 1850 ‘Bat’ Cricketer's Man. (rev. ed.) 33 By the underhand method of bowling, the ball..went directly to the wicket. 1867 Lillywhite's Cricketers' Comp. 8 Underhand bowling is almost extinct. 1905 F. Sugg's Cricket Annual 47 It is very essential that he should cultivate the under-hand throw. d. Using underhand bowling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [adjective] > types of bowler straight-armed1827 round1831 round-arm1835 lobbing1840 underhand1848 skimming1851 right arm1877 fastish1884 quick1922 quickish1939 off-spinning1955 stock bowling1976 1848 W. N. Hutchinson Dog Breaking ii. 13 Similar to the swing of an under-hand bowler at cricket. 1851 F. Lillywhite Guide to Cricketers (ed. 4) 68 He is a capital under-hand bowler and a dangerous bat. 2. a. Secret, clandestine, surreptitious. Also absol. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adjective] > accomplished by stealth stolenc1400 secret1548 clandestine1566 stealed1577 backdoor1581 underhand1592 surreptitial1602 surreptitious?1615 furtive1628 surreptious1630 by1633 surreptive1633 subreptitious1641 surreptitious1645 postern1648 backstairs1663 smuggled1707 underneath1747 underhanded1806 hidlingsa1810 hole-and-corner1835 side door1862 under-cover1933 under the table1938 crafty1946 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky > specifically of actions, etc. underhand1592 sneaky1861 1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I ^v All vnder-hand cloaking of bad actions with Common-wealth pretences. 1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) App. 149 It was ordered..that..the sollicitor should goe with the officer, whoe had the warrant, and showlld searche all underhand workers' howsses. 1649 in E. Nicholas Papers (1886) I. 139 The former endeavouring by underhand treaties to undermyne him. 1678 N. Wanley Wonders Little World v. ii. §59. 471/1 Manuel..was an underhand enemy to the Western Christians, and an open enemy to the Turks. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 550. ¶1 Several indirect and underhand Practices. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. i. 15 These turbulent cities..never failed to find under-hand countenance at the Court of Louis. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1877) II. ix. 366 Their influence must have been exercised in a purely underhand way. 1892 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Wrecker x. 152 A new element of the uncertain, the underhand, perhaps even the dangerous. b. Of persons: Not straightforward. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > crookedness > [adjective] crooked?c1225 sinister?1455 indirect1570 undirect1594 involved1612 obliquous1614 unstraight1650 back-handed1800 tortuous1801 twistical1805 louche1819 hooky-crooky1833 underhand1842 twisty1857 underhanded1864 bent1914 society > morality > moral evil > lack of principle or integrity > [adjective] > underhand or sneaky subornate1548 sneaking1582 sinistral1598 sinistruous1601 left-sided1607 left-handed1615 meeching1616 leer1631 backstabbing1803 sneaky1834 underhand1842 sneakish1864 underhanded1864 low-down1905 1842 J. H. Newman Lett. & Corr. (1891) II. 393 I am often accused of being underhand and uncandid. 1858 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? i. xvi You could not mean to be sly and underhand. 3. Not open or obvious; unobtrusive; quiet. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > privacy > [adjective] sundereOE privyc1300 close1393 private1472 soleinc1475 secret1528 retired1595 implicit1610 cabinet1611 underhanda1616 closet1639 umbratile1640 closeteda1649 curtain1661 recluse1673 snug1710 pocket1804 entre nous1806 underground1820 sub rosa1824 esoterical1850 esoteric1876 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) i. i. 132 I had my selfe notice of my Brothers purpose heerein, and haue by vnder-hand meanes laboured to disswade him from it. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xxxviii. 50 By this handsom under-hand dealing, I have reduced the formerly ruinous..State..into the condition that now it is. 1824 S. E. Ferrier Inheritance I. xxiv. 267 For, as she observed, in an underhand way, there was no disputing with a man who held the key of the post-bag. 1856 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters IV. 66 The most subtle moves of a game of chess,..which are, in dim, underhand, wonderful way, bringing out their foreseen and inevitable result. 4. Held in, manipulated by, the hand. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [adjective] > used or controlled > used or controlled by hand handlya1400 manual1583 underhand1706 1706 E. Baynard in J. Floyer Anc. Ψυχρολουσια Revived (rev. ed.) ii. 87 He went..with Crutches, and was in six or eight times Bathing so much reliev'd, as to walk with an underhand Stick. 1786 J. Abercrombie Gardeners Daily Assistant 136 Ridge out melons in under~hand glasses. 5. Mining. Worked from above downwards. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [adjective] > method of mining open cut1869 underhand1877 open-pit1892 opencast1896 shortwall1912 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 226 Fifteen men were engaged in underhand stoping from the top of winze No. 3. B. n. 1. An underhand ball; underhand bowling. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [noun] > a ball bowled > types of delivery or ball full toss1826 long hop1830 twister1832 bail ball1833 bailer1833 grubber1837 slow ball1838 wide1838 ground ball1839 shooter1843 slower ball1846 twiddler1847 creeper1848 lob1851 sneak1851 sneaker1851 slow1854 bumper1855 teaser1856 daisy-cutter1857 popper1857 yorker1861 sharpshooter1863 headball1866 screwball1866 underhand1866 skimmerc1868 grub1870 ramrod1870 raymonder1870 round-armer1871 grass cutter1876 short pitch1877 leg break1878 lob ball1880 off-break1883 donkey-drop1888 tice1888 fast break1889 leg-breaker1892 kicker1894 spinner1895 wrong 'un1897 googly1903 fizzer1904 dolly1906 short ball1911 wrong 'un1911 bosie1912 bouncer1913 flyer1913 percher1913 finger-spinner1920 inswinger1920 outswinger1920 swinger1920 off-spinner1924 away swinger1925 Chinaman1929 overspinner1930 tweaker1938 riser1944 leg-cutter1949 seamer1952 leggy1954 off-cutter1955 squatter1955 flipper1959 lifter1959 cutter1960 beamer1961 loosener1962 doosra1999 1866 J. S. Le Fanu All in Dark I. xxxiii. 282 He handles the willow pretty well, and would treat you to a tolerably straight, well pitched slow underhand. 1885 H. Finch-Hatton Advance Australia! 338 All display a precocious talent for round-hand bowling, very different to the sneaking underhand affected by the uneducated youth of Great Britain. 2. A position of inferiority. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [noun] > state of being at a disadvantage underhand1886 one-downness1952 one-downmanship1961 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xii. 103 I paid the less attention to this, for I knew it was usually said by those who have the underhand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). underhandadv. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈhand/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌ(h)ænd/ Etymology: under- prefix². Compare Middle Dutch onderhande(n) by degrees, slowly; Dutch onderhandsch secret, private; Danish underhaanden secretly, privately. †1. a. In (or into) subjection; under rule or command. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adverb] > in subjection underhanda1000 underfootc1175 undera1400 under hatchesc1400 at underc1425 subordinate1617 society > authority > subjection > in or into subjection [phrase] > under control to (one's) handOE underhanda1000 under subordination1749 in hand1761 a1000 in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 218 (note) Æghwæðer ga bisceope underhand. OE Daniel 71 Gelæddon eac on langne sið Israela cyn, on eastwegas to Babilonia, beorna unrim, under hand hæleð hæðenum deman. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7057 Labdon þan had þam vnder-hand, Was ouerman aght yeir lastand. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 6442 Þis ilk folk was vntelland, þat moyses had vnder hand. †b. In (one's) possession or power. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > [adverb] > in possession underhanda1200 within1573 a1200 in Kemble Codex Dipl. (1846) IV. 268 Ðat lond ðat Berric hauede under hande. c1200 in Thorpe Dipl. Angl. Sax. (1865) 581 Alle þinge þe hi under honde habben buten þat lond. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 2984 Þo he adde þe luþer king agag vnder honde, He let him hewe to peces. †c. In hand; in course of doing. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > a proceeding > [adverb] upc1290 underhandc1400 adoing1429 under way1788 c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 3478 This batayl wil he undertake, And he haves yit in other land Ful felle dedes underhand. 1693 tr. J. Le Clerc Mem. Count Teckely iv. 26 Which made the People have a suspicion that there was a Design under hand, but it could not be discovered. †2. a. Archery. (Meaning uncertain.) Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ ?15.. Robin Hoode & Qu. Kath. xxix. (Percy MS.) Loxly puld forth a broad arrowe, He shott it vnder hand. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 13^v Those [shafts] that be lytle brested and big toward the hede..be fit for them whiche shote vnder hande. 1545 R. Ascham Toxophilus ii. f. 41^v A byg brested shafte [is bad] for hym that shoteth vnder hande..: a litle brested shafte for him y^t shoteth aboue y^e hande. b. (See quot. 1834.) ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > obsequies > [adverb] > manner of bearing coffin underhand1721 1721 S. Sewall Diary 18 Nov. (1973) II. 984 Went to the Funeral... The Sight was awfull to see the Father, and then the daughter underhand by four. 1834 A. E. Bray Warleigh II. ix. 188 The coffin..was borne ‘underhand’, as it is called in Devonshire; that is, carried by bearers, who supported it not on their shoulders, but by napkins passed through the coffin-rings. c. (See quot.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printing machine or press > [adverb] > under or upper hand underhand1770 1770 P. Luckombe Conc. Hist. Printing 502 The Light and Easy, or Heavy and Hard Running in of the Carriage. Thus.., the Press goes light and easy under Hand, or it goes heavy or hard under Hand. 1888 C. T. Jacobi Printers' Vocab. 149 Underhand, a term used by pressmen in relation to the easy or hard running-in of the carriage under the platen. d. With the hand held below; spec. in Cricket (see underhand adj. 1c). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > bowling > [adverb] > manner of bowling underhanded1816 underhand1828 round1859 round the wicket1867 overarm1897 square on1963 the world > movement > absence of movement > hold or holding > [adverb] > with the hand over or under the object held above-hand1581 overhand1598 overhanded1849 underhand1885 1828 in Box Cricket (1868) 77 The ball must be bowled..and delivered underhand with the hand below the elbow. 1885 Graphic 14 Feb. 166/1 He..drew out a pair of steel handcuffs, which he..threw up and caught underhand in the air. 3. In a secret, covert, or stealthy manner; by secret means; quietly or unobtrusively.Common from c1580; formerly often written as two words (β), or with hyphen (γ). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > secrecy, concealment > stealthy action, stealth > [adverb] softlyc1225 by stalea1240 privilya1250 slylyc1275 thieflyc1290 stealingly13.. by stealth1390 stalworthlya1400 theftfullyc1400 theftlyc1400 theftuouslyc1400 under veilc1425 thievishly?c1450 by theft1488 quietly1488 furtively1490 by surreption1526 hugger-muggera1529 in hugger-mugger1529 underhand1538 insidiously1545 creepingly1548 surreptiously1573 underboard1582 filchingly1583 sneakingly1598 underwater1600 slipperily1603 thief-likea1625 clandestinely1632 surreptitiously1643 thievously1658 clancularly1699 stownlins1786 stealthily1806 underhandedly1806 stolen-wise1813 on (upon, under, or by) the sly1818 round-the-corner1820 underhanded1823 stealthfully1828 slinkingly1830 slippingly1830 on the sneak?1863 sneakishly1867 behind backs1874 stalkingly1891 on the side1893 under the counter1926 underground1935 under the table1938 down and dirty1959 sneakily1966 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > competitive shooting > archery > [adverb] > manner of shooting underhand1538 overhand1875 α. 1538 T. Elyot Dict. Suppilo,..to steale vnderhand [1545 vnder hande] or craftily. 1582 W. Allen tr. E. Campion Let. in Briefe Hist. Glorious Martyrdom sig. e5^v Neither can I tel who altered his determination, sauing God to whom vnderhand I then humbly praied. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 215 The rest being put to the sword, saue those that were vnderhand saued by the Sidonians. 1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 44 Being underhand backed and fed with money by two Tenants. 1684 W. Hedges Diary 2 July (1887) I. 148 He told me that M^r. Richard Frenchfeild was, underhand, a great favorer of y^e Interlopers. 1733 D. Neal Hist. Puritans II. 605 His Majesty was underhand preparing for war. 1792 E. Burke Corr. (1844) III. 375 I should not be surprised if he did all he could, underhand, to lessen you in the opinion..of those who employ you. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. xvi. 242 Baillie Macwheeble supplied Janet underhand with meal for their maintenance. View more context for this quotation 1894 R. L. Stevenson & L. Osbourne Ebb-tide vii Approaching that island underhand like eaves~droppers and thieves. β. 1538 [see α. ]. ?1560 T. Norton Orations of Arsanes sig. Miii Our owne politike & worldly wise subiectes & frendes, which are the greatest numbers, flee daily from vs, make their peace vnder hand with our aduersaries, and still ripen the mischiefes till our state fall rotten to ruine.1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 305/1 The same Stigand was an helper vnder hande for King William to atteyne the Crowne.1611 C. Tourneur Atheist's Trag. (new ed.) iii. sig. G4 He does it vnder hand, out of a reseru'd disposition to doe thee good without ostentation.1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures x. 31 He..used the interposure of a Man born in the country, who under hand went to the fishermen.1726 tr. J. Cavalier Mem. Wars Cevennes i. 103 Commonly we liv'd by the Assistance of our Friends, who under Hand supplied us in our Marches, with Bread and other Necessaries.γ. 1583 R. Bowes & W. Davison in R. Bowes Corr. (1842) 336 He laboureth under-hand to work a peace between the duke and Gowrie.1639 S. Du Verger tr. J.-P. Camus Admirable Events 221 Meane time he under-hand advertises Appollinaire to go always well accompanied.1683 London Gaz. No. 1807/3 They begin very much to suspect that..he does under-hand encourage the Turks to the War.1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea xix. 362 These Gentlemen..agree under-hand with those who sell the Slaves.1705 tr. W. Bosman New Descr. Coast of Guinea iv. 49 Selling this Liquor by their Emissaries under-hand.1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. iii. 148 In appearance to acquiesce in this resolution, whilst he endeavoured under-hand to give it all the obstruction he could.1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor vii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. II. 138 That friend..was labouring hard under-hand to consolidate a band of patriots.1860 D. F. Campbell tr. A. Thiers Hist. Consulate & Empire France XVII. li. 73 Under-hand, they insinuated to the Grisons..that they ought to rise and overturn the Diet. †4. = underfoot adv. 3. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > [adverb] > below proper or usual value underfoot1576 under value1608 underhand1617 at a discount1792 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 55 If he bring his Horse thither, those that are to buy him, are such crafty knaues,..as he shall be forced to sell his Horse vnder hand. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1545adv.a1000
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