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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Underlute, n. [ME and e.m.E. vnderloute (1294-6), appar. ON undirhlutr ‘lower piece’, ‘the name given to the nethermost part of the stem (of a ship), which was scarfed to the keel’ (B. Sandahl Middle English Sea Terms (1951), I 110).] —1546 Treas. Acc. VIII 486.
The calfating, dok casting, putting in of the underlute of the said Lyoun and outred of hir to the raid
