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CIDE DICTIONARY

Undermeal

CIDE DICTIONARY

Undermealn. [AS. under under + ml part or portion; cf. AS. underml midday. See Under, Meal a part, and cf. Undern.].
  •  The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.  [1913 Webster]
    "In undermeals and in mornings."  [1913 Webster]
  •  Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.  [1913 Webster]
    "Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing."  [1913 Webster]
    "I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for one undermeal."  [1913 Webster]
    "In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers."  [1913 Webster]

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