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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Snail :: Snail (n.) Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail..
Legate :: Legate (n.) Under the emperors, a governor sent to a province..
Planometer :: Planometer (n.) An instrument for gauging or testing a plane surface. See Surface gauge, under Surface..
Swampy :: Swamp (v. i.) To become filled with water, as a boat; to founder; to capsize or sink; figuratively, to be ruined; to be wrecked..
Dotting Pen :: Dotting pen () See under Pun.
Clause :: Clause (n.) See Letters clause / close, under Letter..
Myosin :: Myosin (n.) An albuminous body present in dead muscle, being formed in the process of coagulation which takes place in rigor mortis; the clot formed in the coagulation of muscle plasma. See Muscle plasma, under Plasma..
Duck :: Duck (v. t.) To thrust or plunge under water or other liquid and suddenly withdraw.
Dado :: Dado (n.) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base..
Weary :: Weary (v. i.) To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking..
Underfurrow :: Underfurrow (v. t.) To cover as under a furrow; to plow in; as, to underfurrow seed or manure..
Deposition :: Deposition (n.) The act of laying down one's testimony in writing; also, testimony laid or taken down in writing, under oath or affirmation, before some competent officer, and in reply to interrogatories and cross-interrogatories..
Triadelphous :: Triadelphous (a.) Having stamens joined by filaments into three bundles. See Illust. under Adelphous.
Shave :: Shave (v. t.) To strip; to plunder; to fleece.
Farm :: Farm (a. & n.) The land held under lease and by payment of rent for the purpose of cultivation.
Underfong :: Underfong (v. t.) To undertake; to take in hand; to receive.
Subdeanery :: Subdean (n.) An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean.
Underpinned :: Underpinned (imp. & p. p.) of Underpi.
Suboctave :: Suboccipital (a.) Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve..
Hemoglobin :: Hemoglobin (n.) The normal coloring matter of the red blood corpuscles of vertebrate animals. It is composed of hematin and globulin, and is also called haematoglobulin. In arterial blood, it is always combined with oxygen, and is then called oxyhemoglobin. It crystallizes under different forms from different animals, and when crystallized, is called haematocrystallin. See Blood crystal, under Blood..
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