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underset [ˈʌndəˌsɛt] n 1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) an ocean undercurrent 2. (Mining & Quarrying) an underlying vein of ore vb -sets, -setting, -set (tr) to support from underneath Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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98) These trees, as we have stated earlier, underscore the absurd underset by vanishing dreams in hovels. They assumed that women needed their advice, as well as their supervision and protection, which varied only with respect to their convictions about women's frailty or their recognition of women's capacities: for Juan Luis Vives (in The Office and Duty of an Husband), woman was "a ruinous house, that must be underset and upholden with many small props" (124); for Milton (in Paradise Lost), Eve, yet unfallen, "the fairest unsupported Flower, / From her best prop so far" (9-432-33). They assumed that women needed their advice, as well as their supervision and protection, which varied only with respect to their convictions about women's frailty or their recognition of women's capacities: for Juan Luis Vives (in The Office and Duty of an Husband), woman was "a ruinous house, that must be underset and upholden with many small props" (124); for Milton (in Paradise Lost), Eve, yet unfallen, "the fairest unsupported Flower, / From her best prop so far" (9-432-33). |
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