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undershot (root: undershoot)
CIDE DICTIONARY
undershot, a.
- Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond the upper ones, as in the bulldog. [1913 Webster]
- Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel, and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
undershot, adj.
1 (of a water-wheel) turned by water flowing under it.
2 = UNDERHUNG.
1 (of a water-wheel) turned by water flowing under it.
2 = UNDERHUNG.
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