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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Below \Be*low"\, prep. [Pref. be- by + low.]
     1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below
        the moon; below the knee. --Shak.
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     2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount,


        price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings."
        --Addison.
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     3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
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              They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . .
              how below all history the persons and their actions
              were.                                 --Milton.
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              Who thinks no fact below his regard.  --Hallam.
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     Syn: Underneath; under; beneath.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Below \Be*low"\, adv.
     1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower
        room; beneath.
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              Lord Marmion waits below.             --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
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              The fairest child of Jove below.      --Prior.
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     3. In hell, or the regions of the dead.
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              What business brought him to the realms below.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the
        trial below. --Wheaton.
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     5. In some part or page following.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  below
       adv 1: in or to a place that is lower [syn: {at a lower place}, {to
              a lower place}, {beneath}] [ant: {above}]
       2: at a later place; "see below" [ant: {above}]
       3: (in writing) see below; "vide infra" [syn: {infra}]
       4: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" [syn: {downstairs},
           {down the stairs}, {on a lower floor}] [ant: {upstairs}]
       5: further down; "see under for further discussion" [syn: {under}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  52 Moby Thesaurus words for "below":
     adown, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, behind, below deck,
     below par, below the mark, belowstairs, beneath, beneath the sky,
     down, down below, down south, downgrade, downhill, downline,
     downright, downstairs, downstream, downstreet, downtown, downward,
     downwards, downwith, following, hellishly, here, here below,
     in hell, in hellfire, in the gutter, in the world, infernally,
     infra, least, least of all, less, neath, next, on earth, short of,
     since, subordinate to, subsequent to, unbefitting, under,
     under heaven, under par, under the stars, under the sun, underfoot,
     underneath
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  BELOW. Lower in place, beneath, not so high as some other thing spoken of, 
  of tacitly referred to. 
       2. The court below is an inferior court, whose, proceedings may be 
  examined on error by a superior court, which is called the court above. 
       3. Bail below is that given to the sheriff in bailable actions, which 
  is so called to distinguish it from bail to t-he action, which is called 
  bail above. See Above; Bail above; Bail below. 
  
  

















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