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Webster 1913 Edition
Underhung
Unˊder-hung′
,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)
- hung or suspended from above
- (carpentry) Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; said of a sliding door.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Forney to this entry?)
- Having the lower jaw projecting.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ted Hughes to this entry?)
- 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.