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underˈgrowing, ppl. a.
[under-1 4 a, 8 a.
Undergrowing should prob. be read in the gloss. (a 1400) in Rel. Ant. I. 6 Frutex, undirglowyng.]
†1. Arising, occurring. Obs.—1
a1440Found. St. Bartholomew's (E.E.T.S.) 16 But dyuerse vndirgrowynge ympedymentys, and, at the last, lettyng the Article of deith, that he wold had fulfillid he myght nat.
2. Growing beneath trees, etc.; growing up from below.
1598Sidney's Arcadia iii. 349 Sitting her downe vnder one of them, and making a posie of the fayre vndergrowing flowers. 1616W. Browne Brit. Past. ii. i. 17 On his legs Like fetters hang the vnder growing Segs. |