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  • 31Under the weather — Weather Weath er, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[ a]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith.… …

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  • 32under the wire — Wire Wire (w[imac]r), n. [OE. wir, AS. wir; akin to Icel. v[=i]rr, Dan. vire, LG. wir, wire; cf. OHG. wiara fine gold; perhaps akin to E. withy. [root]141.] [1913 Webster] 1. A thread or slender rod of metal; a metallic substance formed to an… …

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  • 33Under Milk Wood — A statue in Swansea s Maritime Quarter representing Thomas s fictional Captain Cat Under Milk Wood is a 1954 radio drama by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, adapted later as a stage play. A movie version, Under Milk Wood directed by Andrew Sinclair, was… …

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  • 34Under yard — Yard Yard, n. [OE. yerd, AS. gierd, gyrd, a rod, stick, a measure, a yard; akin to OFries. ierde, OS. gerda, D. garde, G. gerte, OHG. gartia, gerta, gart, Icel. gaddr a goad, sting, Goth. gazds, and probably to L. hasta a spear. Cf. {Gad}, n.,… …

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  • 35Under the Skin (video game) — Infobox VG title = Under the Skin caption = North American Boxart developer = Capcom Production Studio 4 publisher = Capcom designer = engine = version = released = vgrelease|JP=start date|2004|08|5|NA=start date|2004|10|12|EU=start… …

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  • 36under the table — adverb 1. : into a stupor drink a man under the table five minutes serious thought about the eruption of eternity into time puts me under the table Stuart Chase 2. : under the counter : secretly buy your liquor under the table J.H.Allen …

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  • 37SEE, Sir John (1844-1907) — premier of New South Wales son of Joseph See, was born at Yelling, England, on 14 November 1844. He was brought to Australia in 1853 by his parents who settled on the Hunter River in New South Wales. After three years at school See worked on the… …

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  • 38under the rubric of — Rubric Ru bric, n. [OE. rubriche, OF. rubriche, F. rubrique ( cf. it. rubrica), fr. L. rubrica red earth for coloring, red chalk, the title of a law (because written in red), fr. ruber red. See {red}.] That part of any work in the early… …

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  • 39Under open sky — Sky Sky (sk[imac]), n.; pl. {Skies} (sk[imac]z). [OE. skie a cloud, Icel. sk[=y]; akin to Sw. & Dan. sky; cf. AS. sc[=u]a, sc[=u]wa, shadow, Icel. skuggi; probably from the same root as E. scum. [root]158. See {Scum}, and cf. {Hide} skin,… …

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  • 40under the table —    1. very drunk    You are supposed to end up there after dropping senseless from your chair. Now used figuratively:     I ll drink you under the table, Max. Be warned. (Deighton, 1981 he was suggesting that Max would become drunk first)    See… …

    How not to say what you mean: A dictionary of euphemisms