underneathprep.adv.adj.n.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈniːθ/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈniθ/

Forms: Old English underneoðan, undernyðan, Middle English -næðen, Middle English -neþen, Middle English undernethen, undernethyn; Middle English underneþe, undernueþe, underneyþe, Middle English–1500s undernethe, underneth, 1500s– underneath. (Also Middle English–1600s vnder-, Middle English vndir-, vndur-, vndyr-, Middle English–1500s undre-, 1500s Scottish wndir-).

Etymology: Old English underneoðan ( < under prep., under adv. + nethen adv.), = older Danish underneden.

A. prep.

a. Beneath or below (in local position).

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > low down in or on [preposition] > under

underc888

underneathc893

anunderOE

aneathc1550

'neatha1582

nadir to1625

c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. ix. 134 Ðær wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid anre flan underneoðan oþer breost.

a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Hi..namen þa þet fot~spure þe wæs undernæðen his fote.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2380 (MED) Abraham..come and lendid..vnder-neyþe a faire valay.

c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 57 Vnderneth it es a well.

a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvi. l. 129 Whanne that he say kyng Mordrayn On the Erthe liggen..vnder-nethen here hors feet.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xvi. 362 Vndernethe that castel they sawe a knyghte standynge.

c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 203 Vnderneth it was the porte.

1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1322 The wicked weed..From vnderneath his head he tooke away.

1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 64 He..Insconc'd himself as formidable, As could be, underneath a Table.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 If a swarthy Tongue Is underneath his humid Pallat hung; Reject him.

1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 118 Tho' Phoebus and the nine for ever mow, Rank folly underneath the scythe will grow.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. Song 119 Underneath thy feet writhe Faith, and Folly, Custom, and Hell, and mortal Melancholy.

1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xx. 436 The immense quarries directly underneath the city.

b. figurative. Under the form, cover, protection, authority, etc., of (something).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > under cover [preposition]

underneath1390

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 258 Bot undernethe such a jape He hath so for himselve schape, That [etc.].

a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Pref. (1812) p. vii Vndirnethe ȝoure fadirs magnificence He durste nought so haue lette hys righte fall doun.

1495 Rolls of Parl. VI. 465/1 Dyvers Leesses..hath be made..undrenethe the Seales in these parties of old tyme used.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvij Whether Christ is to be worshipped vnder the forme of bread and wine, whether Christ be wholly vnderneath either kinde.

a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 627/1 The truths which lay underneath its false worship.

a. In subordination or subjection to; under the power or control of.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > under the authority or control of [preposition]

underc950

anunderlOE

underneathc1450

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 514 He had many servandis vnder-nethe hym.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 88 A virtuos man..had vndernethe his gouernance in a monasterie CCC wommen.

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 475 Schir amery..That wes vardane of þe land Vnder-neth þe ynglis kyng.

1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God ii Beynge thy subject, he is undreneth thy cure, Correct hym thu mayest.

1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 348 The chantor..hath a vicare indowyd underneth hym.

1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 10 Til these rebels..Come vnderneath the yoke of gouernment.

1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 205 A man underneath many Passions, but above fear.

1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest iii. 42 When underneath my power my foes have truckl'd.

a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 377 Philosophy, thou canst not even Compel their causes underneath thy yoke.

b. Below the level of; inferior to.

ΚΠ

1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. **vi^v The least creatures which lie farre vnderneath man.

†3. Subject to, under (a condition). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition]

underneathc1450

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 333 I will grawnt þe a plyte of my gown vnder-nethe a condicion, at þou sall not hurte me.

†4. Below, less than (in amount.) Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [preposition] > less than

underc1380

underneath1460

below1625

1460 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 263 Ther can noon be gete heere..vndrenethe iij s. the yerde at the lowest price.

1528 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 57 Above the somme of vj^s, and..under nethe the seyd somme.

B. adv.

a. Down below; at an underlying or lower point or level.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > low down or below

anunderOE

nethenOE

underneathc1000

beneath?c1225

theredown1297

alowc1400

belowc1400

at-lowa1500

aneath?1800

ablow1829

underfoot1886

c1000 Ælfric Exodus xxix. 12 And þu nymst cealfes blod mid þinum fingre,..and gitst þæt oðer undernyðan.

a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 69 So þat þis statut ne portenez noȝt to..grete troen [= trees], warefore hit be cler vndernueþe.

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 123 Constantine..made peynte the signe and tokene of þe crosse.., and he made write undirneþe, ‘Þis is þe signe and tokene’ [etc.]

c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 526 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 22 Þe hound..schot on symeon..and to þe ȝerde hym vndirnethe Ruschit.

1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xvii. 27 Wher the watre is lest and most low,..there in trauers ought to be sett a route of folke wel horsed and another in like wyse vndrenethe.

1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. a*i^v Lyke as they that wrestleth, be somtyme aboue and somtyme vnder neth.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 9998 Till the sun in his sercle set vndernethe.

1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiiij^v The floore vnderneth was covered with clothe of Arras.

1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 259 The streetes are..vaulted vnderneath for the conueiance of the sulledge.

1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 Leaving it hollow underneath for Ventiducts.

1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 115 If they heal too soon, and a Matter gather underneath, apply a Poultis of the leaves pounded..

1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xix. 552 So thick it was, and underneath, the ground With litter of dry foliage strew'd profuse.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcviii. 150 I wake, I rise: from end to end, Of all the landscape underneath [etc.].

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 232 The lines of light converged by the ripples upon the sand underneath.

figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. v. 75 Ryȝt on þat same side nounpower entriþ vndirneþ þat makeþ hem wreches.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 232 Bot undernethe he was bethoght In what manere he mihte aspie Achilles fro Deïdamie.1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xi. 40 In an example..the poetes do wryte; And underneth the trouth doth so shroude.1610 T. Campion New Way Counter-point sig. B7 A fourth aboue, is the same that a fift is vnderneath, and a fourth vnderneath is as a fift aboue.1659 J. Milton Let. Rupture Commonw. in Wks. (1698) II. 780 If such a Union as this be not accepted on the Army's part, be confident there is a single Person underneath.

b. Below or beneath other clothing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adverb]

underneathc1386

underc1400

c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. 5 A man that clothed was in clothes blake And vnder-nethe he wered a white surplys.

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 695 Ȝif he haue vnder-neþen whijt, þanne he aboue wereþ Blak.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. T6 On his backe [was] an vncouth vestiment,..And vnderneath his breech was all to torne.

1856 tr. Vehse's Mem. Court of Austria I. 124 He wore a suit of black armour,..and underneath a shirt of close mail.

c. Lower down on a sheet of paper, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > below or hereafter (in a later part of a book, etc.)

hereafterc900

aftereOE

innermorea1387

under1389

underneath1389

hereunder1425

below1645

beneath1668

post1688

infra1740

overleaf1742

therein after1818

over1893

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 3 Eche of hem had sworen on þe bok to perfourme þe pointz vndernethe wryten.

c1550 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 250 Certayne sutes of apparell as be heare vndernethe mentyoned.

1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxiii. 80 He..deliuereth vp the examination which he tooke of him, and vnderneath the names of those whom he hath bound to giue euidence.

1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 106 On the head of the fourth column you find magnitude, intimating that by the Figures underneath..is shewn the magnitude of each star.

1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 33 Then I take the Sum of the Terms..and set this Sum..underneath.

2. On the under side.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adverb] > on the under surface

underneath1776

1776 Withering Bot. Arr. Vegetables I. 697 Leaves..with little scales and fringed appendages underneath.

1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 7 The leaves..not shining or hoary underneath.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 41 They come Blackening the birth of day with countless wings, And hollow underneath, like death.

C. adj.

1. Underhand; secret. rare.

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

1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court II. 118 This..causes him to determine, by a sly, underneath cunning, to work that virtuous youth ruin.

1899 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Leeds dial.).

2. Situated below.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > situated or placed under

underlaida1100

subjected?a1425

suppositivec1475

subject?1541

subjacent1598

subterjacent1598

underlying1611

subjunct1639

supposite1640

suppedaneous1646

subordinate1648

subdititious1657

substrated1663

succumbent1664

subtended1670

substrate1678

subadjacent1722

supposed1766

subtending1777

substrative1823

underset1845

infraposed1854

substant1883

underneath1894

underlappingc1900

1894 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/4 In an underneath room, printers..will be seen printing some..newspapers.

D. n.

That which is in the lowest place; the under part or side.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position > bottom or lowest part

bottomeOE

foota1200

lowestc1225

roota1382

tailc1390

founcea1400

basement1610

sole1615

fund1636

foot piece1657

footing1659

underneath1676

bottom side1683

ass1700

doup1710

keel1726

1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 33 You must make up the Top and Underneath with straight lines.

1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance viii. 310 The underneath of his dishes.

1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 159 For all other rivers there is a surface, and an underneath.

1889 E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night II. 215 She read the underneath of the cards.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underneath
释义	underneathprep.adv.adj.n. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈniːθ/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈniθ/ Forms: Old English underneoðan, undernyðan, Middle English -næðen, Middle English -neþen, Middle English undernethen, undernethyn; Middle English underneþe, undernueþe, underneyþe, Middle English–1500s undernethe, underneth, 1500s– underneath. (Also Middle English–1600s vnder-, Middle English vndir-, vndur-, vndyr-, Middle English–1500s undre-, 1500s Scottish wndir-). Etymology: Old English underneoðan ( < under prep., under adv. + nethen adv.), = older Danish underneden. A. prep. 1. a. Beneath or below (in local position). ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > low down in or on [preposition] > under underc888 underneathc893 anunderOE aneathc1550 'neatha1582 nadir to1625 c893 tr. Orosius Hist. iii. ix. 134 Ðær wearð Alexander þurhscoten mid anre flan underneoðan oþer breost. a1122 Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Laud) ann. 1070 Hi..namen þa þet fot~spure þe wæs undernæðen his fote. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 2380 (MED) Abraham..come and lendid..vnder-neyþe a faire valay. c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xiii. 57 Vnderneth it es a well. a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail xlvi. l. 129 Whanne that he say kyng Mordrayn On the Erthe liggen..vnder-nethen here hors feet. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur iv. xvi. 362 Vndernethe that castel they sawe a knyghte standynge. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lix. 203 Vnderneth it was the porte. 1591 E. Spenser Prosopopoia in Complaints 1322 The wicked weed..From vnderneath his head he tooke away. 1678 S. Butler Hudibras: Third Pt. iii. i. 64 He..Insconc'd himself as formidable, As could be, underneath a Table. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 114 If a swarthy Tongue Is underneath his humid Pallat hung; Reject him. View more context for this quotation 1728 E. Young Love of Fame: Universal Passion (ed. 2) iii. 118 Tho' Phoebus and the nine for ever mow, Rank folly underneath the scythe will grow. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna v. Song 119 Underneath thy feet writhe Faith, and Folly, Custom, and Hell, and mortal Melancholy. 1879 S. C. Bartlett Egypt to Palestine xx. 436 The immense quarries directly underneath the city. b. figurative. Under the form, cover, protection, authority, etc., of (something). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > under cover [preposition] underneath1390 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 258 Bot undernethe such a jape He hath so for himselve schape, That [etc.]. a1470 J. Hardyng Chron. Pref. (1812) p. vii Vndirnethe ȝoure fadirs magnificence He durste nought so haue lette hys righte fall doun. 1495 Rolls of Parl. VI. 465/1 Dyvers Leesses..hath be made..undrenethe the Seales in these parties of old tyme used. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccccxxxvij Whether Christ is to be worshipped vnder the forme of bread and wine, whether Christ be wholly vnderneath either kinde. a1832 F. D. Maurice Moral & Metaphysical Philos. in Encycl. Metrop. (1845) II. 627/1 The truths which lay underneath its false worship. 2. a. In subordination or subjection to; under the power or control of. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > under the authority or control of [preposition] underc950 anunderlOE underneathc1450 c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1905) II. 514 He had many servandis vnder-nethe hym. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 88 A virtuos man..had vndernethe his gouernance in a monasterie CCC wommen. 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) v. 475 Schir amery..That wes vardane of þe land Vnder-neth þe ynglis kyng. 1538 J. Bale Tragedye Promyses God ii Beynge thy subject, he is undreneth thy cure, Correct hym thu mayest. 1546 in W. Page Certificates Chantries County of York (1895) II. 348 The chantor..hath a vicare indowyd underneth hym. 1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 iv. iii. 10 Til these rebels..Come vnderneath the yoke of gouernment. View more context for this quotation 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 205 A man underneath many Passions, but above fear. 1670 J. Dryden & W. Davenant Shakespeare's Tempest iii. 42 When underneath my power my foes have truckl'd. a1822 P. B. Shelley tr. P. Calderon Scenes from Magico Prodigioso in Posthumous Poems (1824) 377 Philosophy, thou canst not even Compel their causes underneath thy yoke. b. Below the level of; inferior to. ΚΠ 1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. Pref. sig. *vi^v The least creatures which lie farre vnderneath man. †3. Subject to, under (a condition). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > subjected to a condition [preposition] underneathc1450 c1450 Alphabet of Tales* (1905) II. 333 I will grawnt þe a plyte of my gown vnder-nethe a condicion, at þou sall not hurte me. †4. Below, less than (in amount.) Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > small of quantity, amount, or degree [preposition] > less than underc1380 underneath1460 below1625 1460 M. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 263 Ther can noon be gete heere..vndrenethe iij s. the yerde at the lowest price. 1528 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 57 Above the somme of vj^s, and..under nethe the seyd somme. B. adv. 1. a. Down below; at an underlying or lower point or level. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adverb] > low down or below anunderOE nethenOE underneathc1000 beneath?c1225 theredown1297 alowc1400 belowc1400 at-lowa1500 aneath?1800 ablow1829 underfoot1886 c1000 Ælfric Exodus xxix. 12 And þu nymst cealfes blod mid þinum fingre,..and gitst þæt oðer undernyðan. a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) xiii. 69 So þat þis statut ne portenez noȝt to..grete troen [= trees], warefore hit be cler vndernueþe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1874) V. 123 Constantine..made peynte the signe and tokene of þe crosse.., and he made write undirneþe, ‘Þis is þe signe and tokene’ [etc.] c1480 (a1400) St. Peter 526 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 22 Þe hound..schot on symeon..and to þe ȝerde hym vndirnethe Ruschit. 1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. xvii. 27 Wher the watre is lest and most low,..there in trauers ought to be sett a route of folke wel horsed and another in like wyse vndrenethe. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. ai^v Lyke as they that wrestleth, be somtyme aboue and somtyme vnder neth. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy* 9998 Till the sun in his sercle set vndernethe. 1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. xxiiij^v The floore vnderneth was covered with clothe of Arras. 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 259 The streetes are..vaulted vnderneath for the conueiance of the sulledge. 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 43 Leaving it hollow underneath for Ventiducts. 1747 J. Wesley Primitive Physick 115 If they heal too soon, and a Matter gather underneath, apply a Poultis of the leaves pounded.. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xix. 552 So thick it was, and underneath, the ground With litter of dry foliage strew'd profuse. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xcviii. 150 I wake, I rise: from end to end, Of all the landscape underneath [etc.]. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. i. 232 The lines of light converged by the ripples upon the sand underneath. figurative.c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. pr. v. 75 Ryȝt on þat same side nounpower entriþ vndirneþ þat makeþ hem wreches.1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 232 Bot undernethe he was bethoght In what manere he mihte aspie Achilles fro Deïdamie.1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xi. 40 In an example..the poetes do wryte; And underneth the trouth doth so shroude.1610 T. Campion New Way Counter-point sig. B7 A fourth aboue, is the same that a fift is vnderneath, and a fourth vnderneath is as a fift aboue.1659 J. Milton Let. Rupture Commonw. in Wks. (1698) II. 780 If such a Union as this be not accepted on the Army's part, be confident there is a single Person underneath. b. Below or beneath other clothing. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > underwear > [adverb] underneathc1386 underc1400 c1386 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Prol. 5 A man that clothed was in clothes blake And vnder-nethe he wered a white surplys. c1394 P. Pl. Crede 695 Ȝif he haue vnder-neþen whijt, þanne he aboue wereþ Blak. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ix. sig. T6 On his backe [was] an vncouth vestiment,..And vnderneath his breech was all to torne. View more context for this quotation 1856 tr. Vehse's Mem. Court of Austria I. 124 He wore a suit of black armour,..and underneath a shirt of close mail. c. Lower down on a sheet of paper, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > [adverb] > below or hereafter (in a later part of a book, etc.) hereafterc900 aftereOE innermorea1387 under1389 underneath1389 hereunder1425 below1645 beneath1668 post1688 infra1740 overleaf1742 therein after1818 over1893 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 3 Eche of hem had sworen on þe bok to perfourme þe pointz vndernethe wryten. c1550 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 250 Certayne sutes of apparell as be heare vndernethe mentyoned. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. xxiii. 80 He..deliuereth vp the examination which he tooke of him, and vnderneath the names of those whom he hath bound to giue euidence. 1653 W. Ramesey Astrologia Restaurata 106 On the head of the fourth column you find magnitude, intimating that by the Figures underneath..is shewn the magnitude of each star. 1743 W. Emerson Doctr. Fluxions 33 Then I take the Sum of the Terms..and set this Sum..underneath. 2. On the under side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > surface > [adverb] > on the under surface underneath1776 1776 Withering Bot. Arr. Vegetables I. 697 Leaves..with little scales and fringed appendages underneath. 1812 S. Edwards New Bot. Garden I. i. 7 The leaves..not shining or hoary underneath. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 41 They come Blackening the birth of day with countless wings, And hollow underneath, like death. C. adj. 1. Underhand; secret. rare. 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 1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court II. 118 This..causes him to determine, by a sly, underneath cunning, to work that virtuous youth ruin. 1899 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Leeds dial.). 2. Situated below. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [adjective] > situated or placed under underlaida1100 subjected?a1425 suppositivec1475 subject?1541 subjacent1598 subterjacent1598 underlying1611 subjunct1639 supposite1640 suppedaneous1646 subordinate1648 subdititious1657 substrated1663 succumbent1664 subtended1670 substrate1678 subadjacent1722 supposed1766 subtending1777 substrative1823 underset1845 infraposed1854 substant1883 underneath1894 underlappingc1900 1894 Daily News 9 Mar. 5/4 In an underneath room, printers..will be seen printing some..newspapers. D. n. That which is in the lowest place; the under part or side. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > low position > [noun] > lowest position > bottom or lowest part bottomeOE foota1200 lowestc1225 roota1382 tailc1390 founcea1400 basement1610 sole1615 fund1636 foot piece1657 footing1659 underneath1676 bottom side1683 ass1700 doup1710 keel1726 1676 J. Moxon Regulæ Trium Ordinum 33 You must make up the Top and Underneath with straight lines. 1855 F. B. Palliser tr. J. Labarte Handbk. Arts Middle Ages & Renaissance viii. 310 The underneath of his dishes. 1886 J. Ruskin Præterita II. v. 159 For all other rivers there is a surface, and an underneath. 1889 E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night II. 215 She read the underneath of the cards. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < prep.adv.adj.n.c893
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