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Underfong

Un`der*fong"\, v. t. [AS. underfongen, p. p. of underf?n to undertake; under under + f?n to take. See Fang to seize.]

1. To undertake; to take in hand; to receive. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. Rom. of R.

2. To insnare; to circumvent. [Obs.] --Spenser.

3. To sustain; to support; to guard. --Nash.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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