Undershot

4 definitions found

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

  Undershot \Un"der*shot`\, a.
     1. (Zool.) Having the lower incisor teeth projecting beyond
        the upper ones, as in the bulldog.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Moved by water passing beneath; -- said of a water wheel,


        and opposed to overshot; as, an undershot wheel.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  undershot
       See {undershoot}

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  undershoot
       v 1: fall short of (the runway) in a landing; "The plane
            undershot the runway"
       2: shoot short of or below (a target) [ant: {overshoot}]
       [also: {undershot}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  undershot
       adj : having a lower part projecting beyond the upper; "an
             underhung jaw"; "undershot bulldog" [syn: {underhung},
             {underslung}]