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underhung
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective underhung has 2 senses
- underhung(s = adj.all) Array - supported from below especially resting on a track instead of suspended from above; "underhung sliding doors"
- underhung(s = adj.all) undershot, underslung - having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog"
CIDE DICTIONARY
underhung, a.
- Resting on a track at the bottom, instead of being suspended; -- said of a sliding door. Forney. [1913 Webster]
- Having the lower jaw projecting. T. Hughes. [1913 Webster]
underhung, a.
Of an automobile body, suspended from the springs in such a manner that the frame of the chassis is below the axles, the object being to lower the center of gravity of the car. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
underhung, adj.
1 (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw.
2 having an underhung jaw.
1 (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw.
2 having an underhung jaw.
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