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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[AS.

under

under +

m[GREEK]l

part or portion; cf. AS.

underm[GREEK]l

midday. See

a part, and cf.

The inferior, or after, part of the day; the afternoon.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

undermeals

and in mornings.

Chaucer.

Hence, something occurring or done in the afternoon; esp., an afternoon meal; supper; also, an afternoon nap; a siesta.

[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Another great supper, or

undermeal

, was made ready for them, coming home from ditching and plowing.

Withals (1608).

I think I am furnished with Cattern [Catharine] pears for one

undermeal

B. Jonson.

In a narrower limit than the forty years’

undermeal

of the seven sleepers.

Nash.

Noun.

A repast before dinner.