Obs. [UNDER-1 6 b.] A subspecies; an inferior or lower kind.
1571. Golding, Calvin on Ps. lxxii. 1. It is expedient to descende from the general kynd to the underkynd. Ibid. (1587), De Mornay, 15. We reduce the particulars to an vnderkind, the vnderkinds to an vpperkind.
1671. Dryden, Even. Love, I. i. I would use thee like an under kind of Chymist, to blow the coals.