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un⋅der⋅side

  [uhn-der-sahyd]
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–noun
an under or lower side.
Origin:
1670–80; under- + side 1
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un·der·side   (ŭn'dər-sīd')   
n.  
  1. The side or surface that is underneath; the bottom side. Also called undersurface.
  2. The side that is less desirable, reputable, or noble than the obverse: "hunger, isolation, filth, the underside of [a] hellish regime" (National Review).
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Underside

Un"der*side`\, n. The lower or lowest side of anything. --Paley.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : underside
Spanish: superficie, *cara inferior,
German: die Unterseite,
Japanese: 下面
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underside 
c.1680, from under + side (n.). Cf. Du. onderzijde, Dan. underside, Ger. unterseite.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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