Definition of under

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Under (prep.) Denoting relation to something that comprehends or includes, that represents or designates, that furnishes a cover, pretext, pretense, or the like; as, he betrayed him under the guise of friendship; Morpheus is represented under the figure of a boy asleep..

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Alula :: Alula (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.
South Southerly :: South southerly () the old squaw; -- so called in imitation of its cry. Called also southerly, and southerland. See under Old..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall..
Succumbent :: Succumb (v. t.) To yield; to submit; to give up unresistingly; as, to succumb under calamities; to succumb to disease..
Screw :: Screw (n.) An amphipod crustacean; as, the skeleton screw (Caprella). See Sand screw, under Sand..
Covert Baron :: Covert baron () Under the protection of a husband; married.
Witless :: Witless (a.) Destitute of wit or understanding; wanting thought; hence, indiscreet; not under the guidance of judgment..
Water Opossum :: Water opossum () See Yapock, and the Note under Opossum..
Subtypical :: Subtutor (n.) An under tutor.
Underhandedly :: Underhandedly (adv.) In an underhand manner.
Centurist :: Centurist (n.) An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the Magdeburg Centuries. See under Century..
Trout :: Trout (n.) Any one of several species of marine fishes more or less resembling a trout in appearance or habits, but not belonging to the same family, especially the California rock trouts, the common squeteague, and the southern, or spotted, squeteague; -- called also salt-water trout, sea trout, shad trout, and gray trout. See Squeteague, and Rock trout under Rock..
Cellar :: Cellar (n.) A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept..
Archenteron :: Archenteron (n.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination.
Endure :: Endure (v. t.) To bear with patience; to suffer without opposition or without sinking under the pressure or affliction; to bear up under; to put up with; to tolerate.
Underdo :: Underdo (v. i.) To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo.
Tunnel :: Tunnel (v. t.) To make an opening, or a passageway, through or under; as, to tunnel a mountain; to tunnel a river..
Wildfire :: Wildfire (n.) A sort of lightning unaccompanied by thunder.
Gena :: Gena () The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird.
Bhunder :: Bhunder (n.) An Indian monkey (Macacus Rhesus), protected by the Hindoos as sacred. See Rhesus..
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