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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Undershot  \Un"der*shot`\,  a. 
  1.  (Zo["o]l.)  Having  the  lower  incisor  teeth  projecting 
  beyond  the  upper  ones,  as  in  the  bulldog. 
 
  2.  Moved  by  water  passing  beneath;  --  said  of  a  water  wheel, 
  and  opposed  to  overshot;  as  an  undershot  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  undershot 
  adj  :  having  a  lower  part  projecting  beyond  the  upper;  "an 
  underhung  jaw";  "undershot  bulldog"  [syn:  {underhung}, 
  {underslung}] 




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