† under-kindn.
Obsolete.
A subspecies; an inferior or lower kind.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun]
poornessa1382
chaffc1386
cold roast?1406
arse-guta1413
short end1560
under-kind1571
inferior1589
canvas-back1605
underthing1620
under-sort1655
wasteling1750
slouch1767
shamea1771
neck beefa1777
rep1786
wastrel1790
wastera1800
shoddy1862
piece1884
tinhorn1887
robbo1897
cheapie1898
buckeye1906
reach-me-down1916
dog1917
stinkeroo1934
bodgie1964
cheapo1975
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a subordinate class or group
subdivisiona1450
under-kind1571
membera1631
subdenomination1630
subdistinction1665
subkind1820
subgroup1826
subform1844
subclass1852
subset1881
subworld1887
subgenre1903
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lxxii. 1) It is expedient to descende from the general kynd to the underkynd.
1587 Sir P. Sidney & A. Golding tr. P. de Mornay Trewnesse Christian Relig. i. 15 We reduce the particulars too an vnderkind, the vnderkinds to an vpperkind.
1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love i. i. 3 I would use thee like an under kind of Chymist, to blow the coals.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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