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▪ I. ˈunderˌwater, n.
[under-1 5 c, 5 b.]
1. Water below the surface of the ground. Also fig.
1637Rutherford Lett. cxl. (1664) 275 False under-water not seen in the ground of an enlightned conscience, is dangerous. 1703Bp. Nicolson Misc. Acc. (1877) 6 The Church-yard strangely (considering the Discents on each hand of it) infested with Under-water. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 296 Where the under stratum is clay, and there is no under water. 1866Gregor Banffshire Gloss. 203.
2. Water entering a vessel from beneath.
1645Rutherford Tryal & Tri. Faith 229 The Anchor is broken, or she taketh in under-water, or the Sail is torn.
3. = undertow. (Cent. Dict. citing Herschel.)
▪ II. ˈunderˌwater, a.
(Also ˌunderˈwater.)
[Attrib. use of the phr. under water: see under prep. 2, under-2.]
1. Placed, situated, carried on, etc., under water.
1627May Lucan iv. G ij b, Some from the rocke, some from the shore oppose, Vulteius found this vnder-water traine. 1674Petty Disc. Dupl. Proportion 117 The further Truth whereof doth appear in the Under-water-Air within the Vessels of Water-Divers. 1832Planting 109 in Husb. (L.U.K.) III, The wood..is esteemed for under-water-work, as piles, pipes, pumps, sluices. 1886Pall Mall G. 7 Sept. 2/1 It is not sufficient to lay down the finest system of under⁓water mines. 1894Westm. Gaz. 21 Feb. 6/1 A new under⁓water vessel which might be either a gunboat or an ordinary cargo steamer.
2. spec. In ships: Situated below the water-line.
1882Nature XXV. 261 The ships would be secured against sinking by an under-water deck. 1889Welch Text Bk. Naval Archit. i. 8 The under-water part of the hull. |