underwood

plural underwoods

1. countableuncountableUnderbrush, undergrowth.

   ‘Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.’

   1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC

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   1670, John Evelyn, Sylva, or A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber, London, Chapter 3, Of the Oak, pp. 16-17, What improvement the stirring of the ground about the roots of Oaks is to the Trees I have already hinted; and yet in Copses where they stand warm, and so thickn’d with the under wood, as this culture cannot be practis’d, they prove in time to be goodly Trees.

   […] the Country near the Sea-side, and some few Miles further is full of short Under-wood, and thorny Shrubs, which tore our Cloaths to Rags […]

   1743, Robert Drury, The Pleasant, and Surprizing Adventures of Mr. Robert Drury, during his Fifteen Years Captivity on the Island of Madagascar, London, page 30

   But tenants may cut underwood, and take wood sufficient to repair the pales, hedges, and fences, and what is called by law plough-bote, fire-bote, and other house-bote.

   1825, Laws relating to landlords, tenants, and lodgers - Volume 7, page 17

   In cutting coppices the usual plan is to leave what is termed plashers where the underwoods are thin and require new wood; a far better plan is to plant young stuff, which is not only cheaper but makes much better underwoods.

   1860, S. G. Finney, Hints to Landlords, Tenants, and Labourers, page 33

plural Underwoods

1. A typewriter made by the Underwood Typewriter Company.

1. A surname from Middle English.
2. A suburb of Plympton, City of Plymouth, Devon, England (OS grid ref SX5356).
3. A village in Selston parish, Ashfield district, Nottinghamshire, England (OS grid ref SK4750).
4. A settlement in Bishton community, City of Newport, Wales (OS grid ref ST3889).
5. A hamlet in Hook community, Pembrokeshire, Wales (OS grid ref SM9812).
6. A community in the city of Markham, Rural Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada.
7. A village in Kincardine municipality, Bruce County, Ontario.
8. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Monroe township, Clark County, Indiana.
   2. A town in Norwalk Township, Pottawattamie County, Iowa.
   3. A minor city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
   4. A township in Redwood County, Minnesota.
   5. A hamlet in the town of North Hudson, Essex County, New York.
   6. A minor city in McLean County, North Dakota.
   7. An unincorporated community in Skamania County, Washington.
9. A suburb of the City of Logan, south-east Queensland, Australia.
10. A rural locality in the City of Launceston, Tasmania, Australia.