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Word Meanings - COBBLER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A mender of shoes. Addison. 2. A clumsy workman. Shak. 3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. Cobbler fish , a marine fish of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.

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  • UNDERDOER
    One who underdoes; a shirk.
  • UNDERBRED
    Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
  • UNDERSECRETARY
    A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
  • UNDERPLOT
    1. A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it. Dryden. 2. A clandestine scheme; a trick. Addison.
  • UNDERNICENESS
    A want of niceness; indelicacy; impropriety.
  • UNDERDOLVEN
    p. p. of Underdelve.
  • UNDERSOIL
    The soil beneath the surface; understratum; subsoil.
  • UNDERNIME
    1. To receive; to perceive. He the savor undernom Which that the roses and the lilies cast. Chaucer. 2. To reprove; to reprehend. Piers Plowman.
  • UNDERPROP
    To prop from beneath; to put a prop under; to support; to uphold. Underprop the head that bears the crown. Fenton.
  • UNDERCREST
    To support as a crest; to bear. Shak.
  • UNDERSAY
    To say by way of derogation or contradiction. Spenser.
  • UNDERGROUND INSURANCE
    Wildcat insurance.
  • UNDERTAPSTER
    Assistant to a tapster.
  • UNDERDELVE
    To delve under.
  • UNDERSTOOD
    imp. & p. p. of Understand.
  • UNDERDO
    To do less than is requisite or proper; -- opposed to overdo. Grew.
  • UNDERCOAT
    1. A coat worn under another; a light coat, as distinguished from an overcoat, or a greatcoat. 2. A growth of short hair or fur partially concealed by a longer growth; as, a dog's undercoat.
  • UNDERCAST
    To cast under or beneath.
  • UNDERRATE
    A price less than the value; as, to sell a thing at an underrate. Cowley.
  • UNDERWRITING
    The business of an underwriter,
  • PLUNDERER
    One who plunders or pillages.
  • MARINE
    Formed by the action of the currents or waves of the sea; as, marine deposits. Marine acid , hydrochloric acid. -- Marine barometer. See under Barometer. -- Marine corps, a corps formed of the officers, noncommissioned officers, privates, and
  • TEN-POUNDER
    A large oceanic fish found in the tropical parts of all the oceans. It is used chiefly for bait.
  • DUNDERHEAD
    A dunce; a numskull; a blockhead. Beau. & Fl.
  • COMMENDER
    One who commends or praises.

 

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