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adjective

Undershot adj.

(Zool.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

Moved by water passing beneath; said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.

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Etymology of 'Undershot'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Undershot" Quotes from Famous Books

... the massive scaffolding of his frame. He had gray hair retiring above a high brow, but worn long and untidily at the back; a wire-like straight-cut mustache, also streaked with gray, which served to accentuate the grimness of his mouth and slightly undershot jaw. A massive head, with tawny, leonine eyes; indeed, altogether a leonine face, and a frame indicative ...

— The Yellow Claw • Sax Rohmer

... miles from Wellington, is, in more respects than one, an interesting town, situated partly on a precipitous peninsula formed by the swift clear waters of the Severn, united to the opposite side by bridges, in one of which the huge undershot waterwheels of a corn mill are for ever turning. A stranger without letters of introduction, condemned to spend a few hours here with nothing to do, may easily pass the time pleasantly in hunting out picturesque bits of river scenery, or even in chucking pebbles into the stream, ...

— Rides on Railways • Samuel Sidney

... charm of manner. He belonged to the old school of fighters who looked the part, and in these days of pugilists who resemble matinee idols he had the appearance of an anachronism. He was a stocky man with a round, solid head, small eyes, an undershot jaw, and a nose which ill-treatment had reduced to a mere scenario. A narrow strip of forehead acted as a kind of buffer-state, separating his front hair from his eyebrows, and he bore beyond hope of concealment the badge of his late employment, the cauliflower ear. ...

— Piccadilly Jim • Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

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