Meaning

On or to the bottom or underside of; beneath; underneath..

Definitions by Sense

1. On or to the bottom or underside of; beneath; underneath.
2. Below; hereafter.
3. Underside.
4. Lacking adequate or sufficient wisdom; insufficiently wise.

Example Sentences

[…] next stuff the skin of the leg of mutton, sew it underwise, wrap the whole in a cloth, and braize it […]

In forming double volute springs, plates of sheet steel are employed. These are heated and are then introduced underwise, one at a time, beneath the mandrel B upon the support I, until the central part of the plate is beneath the mandrel.

Then as how to continue the quotations self-praise, and description of matters as hardly never occured^([sic]) or transpirated, follows underwise: […]

Unless underwise provided by this law, decisions shall be given by a majority of votes of the members present, other than the President.

All other grants, gifts and devises, that have been, or may hereafter be, made to this state and not underwise appropriated by the terms of the grant, gift, or devise the interest arising from all the funds mentioned […]

[...] but a certain amount of clearance is allowed in all the clips to enable the pipes to expand and contract freely according to their temperature, or to accommodate themselves to any underwise movement.

The same firm, in a suction dredger built specially for the Rangoon port improvements, fit very powerful water jets on the underwise of the suction nozzle to disturb the hard, sandy bottom.

Let us, therefore, be neither overwise nor underwise, neither hasty nor tardy, but liberal, tolerant, and full of hope.

Word Forms

• more underwise
• most underwise

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