undershot

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. having a lower part projecting beyond the upper“an underhung jaw”“undershot bulldog”Synonyms: underhungunderslung
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Undershot \Un"der*shot`\, a.

1.(Zool.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog. [1913 Webster]

2.Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel. [1913 Webster]

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