Meaning of undercraft | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A sly trick, or subterfuge in general.
   obsolete, uncountable, usually
2. A submarine.
   dated
3. Witchcraft or sorcery.
   archaic, uncountable, usually
4. An underground crypt.
   historical
5. An apprentice or journeyman.
   uncountable, usually

Examples

“Not that by any analysis , -or that from any table of interest or genealogy , there appears much more ground of alliance betwixt them than betwixt light and darkness , or any two of the most unfriendly opposites in nature ; - only 'tis an undercraft of authors to keep up a good understanding amongst words , as politicians do amongst men.”

“Mrs. Lambert believed this, and Ivon would not permit himself to doubt it; for to a generous and noble character like his, the undercraft and meanness of a small nature is simply incomprehensible.”

“But in the usual routine of its life, When it addresses friend, lover or wife; The soft sweet smooth and modulating strain, Doth ever in expression sweeter gain, Without the undercraft or oily tone, It e'en delights their foes and stands alone.”

“Meredith's high-toned verbosities often draw strength from a secret affiliation with the "undercraft" of the underclasses, his humor sociolectic as well as lexical.”

“Such hordyng up of worldly wealth, such keeping much in store. . .Such falshed undercraft, and such unstedfast wayes, Was never sene within men's hartes, as is found nowadayes.”

“Under-craft, witchcraft, call it what you will, but it is indeed poisonous.”

“He arrives at Ambrose's home in Tarceny and lets loose the “Heron Man,” Ambrose's uncle, who, for three hundred years, has used “undercraft” to maintain his evil power.”

“These principles are to organize the undercrafts for justice and humanity, for better wages and diminished poverty, the reduction of hours of toil and the abolishment of Sunday slavery in so far as possible.”

“But effective as mine-fields and cable nettings may be against hostile "undercraft" – as in the case of the channel where not a single troop-ship or supply-ship has yet been lost – they can be said to be only a deterrent, little more.”

“Before considering the ways of combatting "undercraft," analyze the characteristics of this class of sea-fighters.”

“How many of you know that before the war was over the dreadnaught which cost $8,000,000 was at the mercy of the submarine undercraft ?”

“In Spain, the “Rome-Berlin Axis" had its way, and on the Mediterranean "unknown" undercraft plied their game of piracy.”

“At the south coast at the end of the island there are great depths in the sea where the undercraft can very easily maneuver.”

“His Body was first buried in the Undercraft of his own Cathedral-Church, whence, shortly after, it was taken up, put into a goodly Shrine beset with costly Jewels and precious Stones, and plac'd at the East end of the same Church.”

“According to the plans of the second Arthur, an undercraft was to be hewn out beneath the whold of the new building, and this was to be reserved for a sepulchre or mausoleum.”

“Here in this dim and scanty undercraft is an epitome of the English art of four centuries, precious and beautiful beyond the power of words to describe.”

“The Abbey, seat of the Leigh family for 400 years, was founded by the Cistercians in 1154 and the original Gate House is still occupied, while the vaulted undercraft and parts of the original buildings are incorporated in the Elizabethan wing of the House.”

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