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undershot

adj, noun — 3 senses

undershot

adj

UK /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌʃɒt/

1

Powered by water flowing from below. (of a water wheel)

2

Biology, Natural sciences, Zoology Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog.

  • His blunt undershot mouth curved in a smile that was somewhat ingratiating.1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 3, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 50:

undershot

noun
1

An undershot water wheel.

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