v. [UNDER-1 4 a, 8 a.]
† 1. trans. To stretch below, Obs.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, VII. 90. [The] Membran to all the ribbes … and to the whole brest bone vnderreached, and coueryng the bodyes of the Vertebres.
2. To entrap or defraud by stealth, rare.–1
a. 1652. Brome, Mad Couple, II. i. Your hopes are vaine … in seating mee here to overreach or underreach any body.
