underhung

[ uhn-der-huhng ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

Anatomy.
1. (of the lower jaw) projecting beyond the upper jaw.
2. having the lower jaw so projecting.
resting on a track beneath instead of being overhung, as a sliding door.

underhung

/ ˌʌndəˈhʌŋ /

First recorded in 1675–85; under- + hung

He was devoted to sport, and the cruelty of the Spaniard is conspicuous in the lip—more underhung now than before.

He was slightly underhung, and did not attempt to hide the fact, wearing neither beard nor moustache.

He was a clean-shaven man, with bony forehead, sunken cheeks, and an underhung mouth.

Underhung, un-dėr-hung′, adj. hanging over, protruding from beneath: running on rollers on a rail below it—of a sliding-door—opp.

The temple is hollow, the cheek-bones are prominent, the jaw is strong, and the chin very underhung.

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[fur-kin ]

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