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undermeal, n. [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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