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Webster 1913 Edition


Underhung

Unˊder-hung′

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Adj.
1.
(Carp.)
Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; – said of a sliding door.
Forney.
2.
Having the lower jaw projecting.
T. Hughes.

Definition 2024


underhung

underhung

English

Adjective

underhung (not comparable)

  1. hung or suspended from above
  2. (carpentry) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; said of a sliding door.
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  3. Having the lower jaw projecting.
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    • William Makepeace Thackeray
      His jaw was underhung, and when he laughed, two white buckteeth protruded themselves and glistened savagely in the midst of the grin.