underhungadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌndəˈhʌŋ/, U.S.

/ˌəndərˈhəŋ/

Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2a(a).

(In attributive use ˈunderhung.)

a. Having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, or coming unusually far forward.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of > having

underhung1683

thick-jawed1689

underjawed1772

jimber-jawed1834

prognathous1836

wapper-jawed1848

prognathic1850

orthognathic1851

orthognathous1851

whopper-jawed1860

macrognathous1864

underhanging1865

macrognathic1874

eurygnathous1878

mesognathous1878

overshot1879

prosognathous1890

mesognathic1892

jut-jawed1943

1683 London Gaz. No. 1800/4 Lost.., a red fallow Colour'd dun Bull-Bitch,..with a black Muzle under-hung.

1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 91 Those whose upper and under row of teeth are equally prominent, and strike directly against each other, are what the painters call under-hung.

a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. iii. 46 He..must lament his being very much under-hung, a defect which time seemed to have increased.

1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 28 [He] had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing his upper lip.

b. Projecting beyond the upper jaw.

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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of

tut-mouthed?a1513

underhung1809

wappera1825

rat trap1838

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. iv. 281 Wagging his under-hung jaw in a paroxysm of humour-stricken ecstasy.

1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. i. 38 Bull-dogs..after two or three generations..lose the under-hung character of their lower jaws.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 235 The jaw heavy and sometimes underhung.

2. Mechanics. Suspended on an underlying support; spec. of a sliding-door which moves on a rail placed below it. (Opposed to overhung adj. 3.)

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the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > suspended on underlying support

underhung1855

1855 D. K. Clark Railway Machinery I. 207/1 Engine Cylinders underhung, castings in two pieces bolted together.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	underhung
释义	underhungadj. Brit. /ˌʌndəˈhʌŋ/, U.S. /ˌəndərˈhəŋ/ Etymology: under- prefix¹ 2a(a). (In attributive use ˈunderhung.) 1. a. Having the lower jaw projecting beyond the upper, or coming unusually far forward. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of > having underhung1683 thick-jawed1689 underjawed1772 jimber-jawed1834 prognathous1836 wapper-jawed1848 prognathic1850 orthognathic1851 orthognathous1851 whopper-jawed1860 macrognathous1864 underhanging1865 macrognathic1874 eurygnathous1878 mesognathous1878 overshot1879 prosognathous1890 mesognathic1892 jut-jawed1943 1683 London Gaz. No. 1800/4 Lost.., a red fallow Colour'd dun Bull-Bitch,..with a black Muzle under-hung. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 91 Those whose upper and under row of teeth are equally prominent, and strike directly against each other, are what the painters call under-hung. a1817 J. Austen Persuasion (1818) IV. iii. 46 He..must lament his being very much under-hung, a defect which time seemed to have increased. View more context for this quotation 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. ii. 28 [He] had got the trick which many underhung men have of compressing his upper lip. b. Projecting beyond the upper jaw. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > jaws > [adjective] > conditions or positions of tut-mouthed?a1513 underhung1809 wappera1825 rat trap1838 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas IV. xi. iv. 281 Wagging his under-hung jaw in a paroxysm of humour-stricken ecstasy. 1868 C. Darwin Variation Animals & Plants I. i. 38 Bull-dogs..after two or three generations..lose the under-hung character of their lower jaws. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 235 The jaw heavy and sometimes underhung. 2. Mechanics. Suspended on an underlying support; spec. of a sliding-door which moves on a rail placed below it. (Opposed to overhung adj. 3.) ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [adjective] > supported > suspended on underlying support underhung1855 1855 D. K. Clark Railway Machinery I. 207/1 Engine Cylinders underhung, castings in two pieces bolted together. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1683
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