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Undern  n.  The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper. (Obs. or Prov. Eng.) "Betwixt undern and noon was the field all won." "In a bed of worts still he lay Till it was past undern of the day."






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"Undern" Quotes from Famous Books



... so much better educated than themselves. Put on your clothes? of course not; invest yourself. Will you sit in the porch, when there is a parvys to hand? No earnest-money for us; let it be an arles-penny. And no breakfast-time, pray, but undern. You may also do a little word-formation of your own on occasion, and enact that a person good, at exposition shall be known as a clarifier, a sensible one as a cogitant, or a pantomime as a manuactor. ...
— Works, V3 • Lucian of Samosata

... cometh to an end, Undern cometh after noon; Golden wings will be here soon, What if ...
— The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems • William Morris



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