Meaning of Underwood | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.
2. A surname from Middle English.
3. Underbrush, undergrowth.
   countable, uncountable
4. A suburb of Plympton, City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5356).
5. A village in Selston parish, Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4750).
6. A settlement in Bishton community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3889).
7. A hamlet in Hook community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9812).
8. A community in the city of Markham, Rural Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
9. A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario.
10. A number of places in the United States:
11. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe township, Clark County, Indiana.
12. A town in Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
13. A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
14. A township in Redwood County, Minnesota.
15. A hamlet in the town of North Hudson, Essex County, New York.
16. A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
17. An unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
18. A suburb of the City of Logan, south-east Queensland, Australia.
19. A rural locality in the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.

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Examples

“1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, London, Chapter 3, Of the Oak, pp. 16-17, What improvement the stirring of the ground about the roots of Oaks is to the Trees I have⟳ already hinted; and yet in Copses where they stand⟳ warm, and so thickn’d with the under wood, as this culture cannot be practis’d, they prove⟳ in time to be goodly Trees.”

“[…] the Country near the Sea-side, and some few Miles further is full of short Under-wood, and thorny Shrubs, which tore our Cloaths to Rags […]”

“‘Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.’”

“But tenants may cut⟳ underwood, and take⟳ wood sufficient to repair⟳ the pales, hedges, and fences, and what is called by law plough-bote, fire-bote, and other house-bote.”

“In cutting coppices the usual plan⟳ is to leave⟳ what is termed plashers where the underwoods are thin and require⟳ new wood; a far better plan⟳ is to plant⟳ young stuff, which is not only cheaper but makes much better underwoods.”

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