[UNDER-1 6 a.]
1. Mining. A subordinate to the manager, who has the superintendence of the miners and workings.
1871. Daily News, 21 Sept. Amongst the number were … the underlookers, and the underground manager.
1885. Law Times, LXXIX. 119/2. No person was … to blast coal without the charge having been inspected by the underlooker.
2. A subordinate overseer.
1885. Manch. Exam., 9 Jan., 5/1. An underlooker … being struck by a shuttle which flew out of a loom.
