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Webster 1913 Edition


Undershot

Un′der-shotˊ

,
Adj.
1.
(Zool.)
Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
2.
Moved by water passing beneath; – said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot;
as, an
undershot
wheel
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Undershot

UN'DERSHOT

,
Adj.
Moved by water passing under the wheel; opposed to overshot; as an undershot mill or mill-wheel.

Definition 2024


undershot

undershot

English

Verb

undershot

  1. simple past tense and past participle of undershoot

Adjective

undershot (not comparable)

  1. (of a waterwheel) powered by water flowing from below
  2. (zoology) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

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