v. (UNDER-1 10 a.)
1584. Cogan, Haven Health, 116. Mutton, contrarie to veale, should be rather vnder rosted than ouer.
1732. Mandeville, Enq. Origin Honour, Pref. p. viii. All Proportions, not confin’d to Time or Place, that are once true, must be always so; even in the silliest and most abject Things in the World; as for Example, It is wrong to under-roast Mutton for People who love to have their Meat well done.
1899. Westm. Gaz., 24 July, 3/1. If it tastes of the raw berry (as Egyptian coffee generally does), it is under-roasted.
