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underrun


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Underrun  \Un`der*run"\,  v.  t. 
 
  {To  underrun  a  hose}  (Naut.),  to  lift  it  up  at  one  end  then 
  walk  along  shifting  one  hand  after  another  so  that  the 
  water  will  run  out  Underslung  \Un"der*slung`\,  Underhung 
  \Un"der*hung"\,  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 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Underrun  \Un`der*run"\,  v.  t. 
  To  run  or  pass  under  especially  (Naut.),  to  pass  along  and 
  under  as  a  cable,  for  the  purpose  of  taking  it  in  or  of 
  examining  it 
 
  Note:  The  cable  passes  over  the  bows  and  stern  of  the  boat 
  used  while  the  men  haul  the  boat  along  by  pulling  upon 
  the  cable.  --Totten. 
 
  {To  underrun  a  tackle}  (Naut.),  to  separate  its  parts  and  put 
  them  in  order