underdrift
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An underlying meaning that is not made explicit.
Example Sentences
- "The overdrift method in smock mills may be seen at Punnetts Town, and the underdrift at Shipley."
- "In an overdrift mill this gear is mounted on the quant, in an underdrift mill on the stone spindle."
- "For cleanliness, experienced millers prefer an 'overdrift' mill (as, indeed windmills should be, for lightness and efficiency of driving gears), because underdrift gearing becomes very dirty and clogged with a compound of meal dust and grease, besides being generally inaccessible for repairs and adjustments."
- "Now, Lydia, looking two ways, seemed to see double, but even she did not discover the subtle underdrift which gave this poem a distinct meaning for two persons."
- "Paris then stands for art, for merriment, for laughter, music and song ; and, forgetting the pathetic underdrifts, we look with eager eyes on the bright examples which reach us from her salons and parlors, ..."
- "Both tragedies are carried on a strong underdrift of sex, but in the second play the sex impulse, though it works, has lost its charm."