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Meaning of UNDERSHOT

Pronunciation:  'undur`shât

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog"
 
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 Synonyms: protrusive, underhung, underslung
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.
 

 

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