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Undershot   Listen
adjective
Undershot  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.





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"Undershot" Quotes from Famous Books



... their knowledge of jails, if they have any at all, is derived from reading in their childhood of the miraculous escapes of Baron Trenck or the Fall of the Bastille. They picture officers of the law as human bulldogs, with undershot, foam-dripping jaws and bloodshot eyes. The bourne—from which so many travellers never return—bounded by the criminal statutes, is a terra incognita to the average citizen. A bailiff with a warrant for his arrest would cause ...
— The Confessions of Artemas Quibble • Arthur Train


Words linked to "Undershot" :   protrusive, underslung, underhung


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