under-runningadj.
/ˈʌndəˌrʌnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈəndə(r)ˌrənɪŋ/ (under- prefix1 2a(a).)
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under-runninga1586
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xvii. sig. Z8 Her teares falling into the water..one might haue thought, that she began meltingly to be metamorphosed to the vnder-running riuer.
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adj.a1586- to set in work
- to set in, into, out of, to a etc frame
- to set in, into, out of, to a good frame
- to set in, into, out of, to frame
- to set into
- to set into gear
- to set into motion
- to set land
- to set light
- to set light by
- to set light of
- to set light of, before
- to set light, at light
- to set lightly, coldly
- to set lite, a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set lite, much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little , a great deal, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , mickle, less, least, more, most by
- to set little , much , less, least, more, most by
- to set little by
- to set little etc by
- to set little nought by
- to set little price of
- to set little price upon