v. [UNDER-1 4 a, 10 a.]
1. trans. To mark by lines drawn underneath.
1799. Anna Seward, Lett. (1811), V. 195. The motto you will find underdrawn in the lines which suggested my design.
2. To cover (the inside of a roof or the under-side of a floor) with boards or with lath and plaster.
Hence dial. underdrawing, a ceiling.
1843. Wordsw., Prose Wks. (1876), III. 201. The interior of it has been … made warmer by underdrawing the roof, and raising the floor.
1865. Spectator, 22 April, 435. The mud walls bulging in here and out there; the roof of thatch, and not underdrawn.
3. To represent or depict inadequately.
1865. Mrs. H. Wood, M. Arkell, I. xvi. 282. The sufferings described … were underdrawn rather than the contrary.
1890. Academy, 3 May, 300/2. One seems to be overdrawn, while the other is underdrawn.
4. To draw from a bank-account so as to leave a reserve. Also absol.
1898. Times, 12 July, 13/4. I … generally underdrew so as to leave a margin.
