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U — Ulysses' Bow to Under which King, Bezonian? (Part 3 of 3)

to the banished prince. Both in air and water there are frequently two currents, the upper one running in one direction, and the under one in another.

Under-spur-leather An understapper; a subordinate; the leather strap which goes under the heel of the boot to assist in keeping the spur in the right place.

“Everett and Dangerfield ... were subordinate informers- a sort of under-spur-leathers, as the cant term went”- Sir W. Scott: Peveril of the Peak, chap. xli.
Under the Rose [sub rosa ]. (See article Rose .)

Under Weigh The undertaking is already begun. A ship is said to be under weigh when it has drawn its anchors from their moorings, and started on its voyage.

Under which King, Bezonian? Which horn of the dilemma is to be taken? (See Bezonian .)