Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A blockhead; a dunderhead.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.
  • adjective engineering Beneath the head of a mechanical component.

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Examples

  • The pillows underhead became soft and friendly; the bed on which they lay seemed wide, and white, and sturdy beneath the radiance that streamed in at the window.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 2003

  • Although the Malplaquet drum remained where he had left it, in his absence the bracing cords had been slashed through, and the underhead had been removed.

    Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933

  • Although the Malplaquet drum remained where he had left it, in his absence the bracing cords had been slashed through, and the underhead had been removed.

    Sweet Danger Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1933

  • The pillows underhead became soft and friendly; the bed on which they lay seemed wide, and white, and sturdy beneath the radiance that streamed in at the window.

    Tales of the Jazz Age 1918

  • That's not to say that the Democrats aren't understandibly scared and disoriented, their pillows pulled out from underhead.

    owl and bear 2008

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