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▪ I. ˈunder-sea, n. rare—1.
[under-1 5 b.]
An underlying sea.
1621G. Sandys Ovid's Met. xi. (1626) 220 High Tmolus with a steepe ascent vnfolds His rigid browes, and vnder-seas beholds.
▪ II. ˈunder-sea, a.
[under-2. Cf. Du. onderzee-, G. untersee-(boot).]
1. Situated or lying below the sea or the surface of the sea; submarine.
1613Purchas Pilgrimage v. xiii. 511 The saltnesse of the sea some ascribe..to vnder-earth or under-sea fires of bituminous nature. 1851Chamb. Jrnl. 27 Dec. 411 Mr. Wheatstone first conceived the possibility of an under-sea telegraph in 1837. 1861L. L. Noble Icebergs 256 The noises of the waves at play in the long, concealed, under-sea piazzas.
2. Intended for use below the surface of the sea.
1901Westm. Gaz. 27 Aug. 5/3 The new submarines will be as good as..any under-sea vessel yet constructed. |