underhead

English

Etymology

under- +‎ head

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)hɛd/

Noun

underhead (plural underheads)

1. (obsolete) A blockhead, or stupid person; a dunderhead.
   • 1642, Tho[mas] Browne, “(please specify the page)”, in Religio Medici. […], 4th edition, London: […] E. Cotes for Andrew Crook […], published 1656, →OCLC:

     wiser discretions, that have the thread of reason to conduct them, offend without a pardon; whereas underheads may stumble without dishonour.

2. The lower head, in two-headed creatures or robots.

Adjective

underhead (not comparable)

1. (engineering) Beneath the head of a mechanical component.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “underhead”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• unadhered