[UNDER-1 6 b.]

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  1.  A lower or inferior thing.

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1611.  Beaum. & Fl., Philaster, I. i. My womans strength Is so o’recharg’d with danger … that these under-things Dare not abide in such a troubled sea.

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  2.  pl. Under-clothing.

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1864.  E. A. Parkes, Pract. Hygiene, 354. If … woollen underthings are worn, the perspiration is sufficiently absorbed.

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