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undermeal |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Undermeal \Un"der*meal`\, n. [AS. under under + m?l part or portion; cf AS underm?l midday. See {Under}, {Meal} a part and cf {Undern}.] 1. The inferior, or after part of the day the afternoon. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] In undermeals and in mornings. --Chaucer. 2. Hence something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also an afternoon nap; a siesta. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Another great supper, or undermeal, was made ready for them coming home from ditching and plowing. --Withals (1608). I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for one undermeal. --B. Jonson In a narrower limit than the forty years' undermeal of the seven sleepers. --Nash.
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