▪ I. ˈunderlout, a. and n. Obs. exc. dial.
Forms: 3–5 underloute (4–5 -lowte), 4–6 underlout (4–5 -lowt), 4 underlote, -lut(te, 4–6 -lute. (Also 3–5 vnder-, 4–5 vndir-, vndyr-, etc.)
[Related to OE. underl{uacu}tan: see under-1 4 a and lout v.1 The second element may be a. ON. l{uacu}tr adj., bending, stooping.]
† A. adj. Subject, subservient, submissive. Freq. const. to. Obs.
| a 1300 Cursor M. 678 Þe bestes boud him all aboute, Als to þair lauerd vnderloute. c 1325 Metr. Hom. 109 Under⁓lout til thaim was he, Als god child au til elderes be. a 1340 Hampole Psalter xvii. 11 He made aungels vndirelout til man kynd. 1434 Misyn Mending of Life 117 In þe flesch if þou be tempyd, make it sugett, þat þe spiryt be not vndir⁓lowt. c 1450 Mirour Saluacioun 787 Sho was..devoute To fulfille gods wille all gyven and vnderloute. 1513 Douglas æneid xiii. iii. 71 The chance of kyngis standis onderlout, To mekill dreid ay subiect. 1583 B. Melbancke Philotimus Aa iv b, Barbulas..was now at the checke of his vnderlout vassaile. |
B. n.
1. One who is subject or subordinate to another; an underling or servant; an inferior. Now dial. (see later quots.).
| a 1300 Cursor M. 3705 Þi breþer be þin vnderlute [Gött. -lout], And alle þat wonnes þe a-boute. Ibid. 18206 Þe erthis werld..has ben ai Vr vnderlut als to þis dai. c 1340 Hampole Pr. Consc. 3877 Yhit may þai graunt Of þair power pardon aparty Til þair hawen underloutes anly. c 1400 Apol. Loll. 2 To wham Austeyn, Jerom, and Gregor tak awey þe name of þe bischop, or heldarman, þat he may be correctid of wnderlowtis. c 1440 Alph. Tales 223 Sho made hur selfe..so grete ane vnderlowte, þat ilkone vggid with hur. a 1470 Harding Chron. xxx. viii, Then stande he moste in parell to bee slain, Or els putte doune right by his vnderloute. 1684 Meriton Yorks. Dial. 61 Thou's nut think that Ile be thy Underlout. 1790 Grose Prov. Gloss., Under-lout, a drudge in an inferior capacity. 1877 Peacock N.W. Linc. Gloss. 264 Underlout, (1) a lazy servant-boy. (2) The least boy on a farm. (3) The weakest beast in a herd. 1886 Cole S.W. Linc. Gloss. 158 Underlout,..the weaker pig in a sty,..the smaller and weaker trees in a plantation. |
† 2. Some part of a ship. Obs. rare.
| 1295–6 Acc. Exch. K.R. 5/20 m. 1 In vno ligno ad vnder⁓loute cum quatuor aliis lignis ad scalmas..ix. s. vj. d. 1546 Acc. High Treas. Scot. VIII. 486 Quhilk he debursit upoun the calfating, dok casting, putting in of the underlute of the said Lyoun and outred of hir to the raid. |
▪ II. † underˈlout, v. Obs. rare.
[(1) = OE. underl{uacu}tan; cf. prec. (2) f. prec.]
a. intr. To be subject, to submit. b. trans. To make subject.
| a 1400 Pauline Ep. (Powell) Heb. xiii. 17 Obesche ȝee to ȝoure prouostis and vndyrloute ȝee [L. subjacete] to þem. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 511/1 Vnderlowton, subjicio, subjecto. |