underflow

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Yasmini lay back on the cushions, drew something out from under one of them, and laughed softly, as if enjoying a deep underflow of secret information.

From Guns of the Gods by Mundy, Talbot

A glowing romance of the Byzantine Empire, presenting with extraordinary power the siege of Constantinople, and lighting its tragedy with the warm underflow of an Oriental romance.

From The Indian Drum by Balmer, Edwin

Though popular among hackers, it is not confined to hackerdom; physicists, engineers, astronomers, and statisticians all use it. :lost in the underflow: adj.

From The Jargon File, Version 2.9.10, 01 Jul 1992 by Raymond, Eric S.

Here the waters lost themselves for many feet in the underflow so common in this land of aimless, uncertain waterways.

From The Price of the Prairie A Story of Kansas by McCarter, Margaret Hill

F. B. A special report of work in the artesian and underflow investigation, and views of certain conditions existing in South Dakota. 12pp.,

From United States Government Publications, v. 8 Jan-Jun 1892 A Monthly Catalog by Compiled