underlookn.
A covert look or glance.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > a look or glance > [noun] > downcast or furtive
teet1819
underlook1821
slink1863
1821 T. Moore Diary 2 July She said it was..the peculiarity of a sort of under look he used to give that produced this effect upon her.
1889 W. D. Howells Hazard New Fortunes II. iv. viii She said, with an underlook at her husband.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
underlookv.
1. transitive. To look at, or inspect, from beneath.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > look at from below
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1682 E. Hickeringill Black Non-Conformist iii. 14 They would be Shepherds and feed his Sheep, and anoint them for the Scab, and underlook them.
1873 A. D. Whitney Other Girls xviii. 242 The place where they could lean in between the trees, and overlook and underlook the shining tumult.
2. To miss seeing by looking too low.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > be careless or heedless of [verb (transitive)] > overlook inadvertently
overseeOE
overlook1459
overscape1534
forget1538
overhale1571
to look beside1627
miss1666
underlook1802
1802 T. Beddoes Hygëia I. ii. 56 Do they not underlook that sole essential condition to happiness, the inward state?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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