Definition of "undershift"

The statement of Abeng and Tucdaden that when they buried the cadaver, this only had on an undershift and drawers (camiseta-calsoncillo), without uniform, nor boots, nor cap, nor other pieces of adornment, which is duly confirmed by the testimonies of the other witnesses and by the reports of the war correspondents who where present in the battle.

1985, Isaac C. Cruz, General Gregorio H. Del Pilar: Idol of the Revolution, page 137

She took the candle from him and placed it upon the desk, moving with measured grace, as a young girl might before her lover, a flowing, dancing motional set, allowing the undershift to swirl about her, and standing afterward so that the light from the candle would shine through the undershift, suggesting much and revealing nothing.

2006, M. A. Foster, The Book of The Ler

She would make a tiny pocket in an undershift. Even boys wore undershifts, though theirs were shorter than the knee-length ones girls wore.

2011, Sheri S. Tepper, The Waters Rising

There was Sister Marie, who had cried for her lord father, and Sister Custance, who had forgotten to wear an undershift and was sent back to the dormitory to dress properly.

2014, Marion Meade, Stealing Heaven: The Love Story of Heloise and Abelard

Do they employ an undershift? Overshift? If they do undershift or overshift the line, is it a half-man or full-man over- shift or undershift?

1955, Robert C. MacKenzie, Football Scouting, page 54

"Everyone who plays four linemen ends up in an overshift or undershift," says Phillips, "and that makes the same alignment we're playing to start with.

1976, Jack T. Clary, The Gamemakers, page 185

In an overshift or undershift the spacing of the linemen should be over one "full man" from the normal.

1949, Herbert Orin Crisler, Modern football: fundamentals and strategy, page 193

The protruding basal oxygens are themselves displaced slightly in the x-direction so that the shift required is either 0.4 + δÅ (overshift) or 0.4 -δ Å (undershift).

1983, Leslie Michaels, Seymour S. Chissick, R. Derricott, Asbestos, properties, applications, and hazards, page 114

In the structure of chrysotile 2Mc1 illustrated in Figure 7.6 is approximately 0.1 Å, and so overshift is 0.5 Å and the undershift is 0.3 Å, occurring in successive layers to produce a two-layer unit cell with B = 93.3°.

1988, Sturges W. Bailey, Reviews in Mineralogy - Volume 19, page 105

Briefly, in the invention, the shift mechanism is incorporated into the handlebar stem, a positive push-pull type cam mechanism is provided for actuating the rear derailleur, undershift and overshift is prevented to eliminate chain "jump off", and the device can be shifted with the bicycle standing still.

1981, H Ross, Single lever 10-speed bicycle shifter - US Patent 4,279,174

The forming of shifts and undershifts is activated by frequent quakes.

1964, Bhabesh Chandra Roy, Report of the twenty-second session, India, 1964

If they are in doubt just where they should go, they should always overshift rather than undershift.

1930, Edward Dana Caulkins, Intimate Talks with Great Coaches, page 57

Do they employ an undershift? Overshift? If they do undershift or overshift the line, is it a half-man or full-man over- shift or undershift?

1955, Robert C. MacKenzie, Football Scouting, page 54

In addition, overshifting to one side and undershifting to the other may be used as a defensive plan to meet personnel or field problems.

1962, David M. Nelson, Football; Principles and Play, page 39

Since it is easy to undershift or overshift, each lever must be adjusted manually to its optimal position on the cog or chainring.

1990, Norman D. Ford, Keep on pedaling: the complete guide to adult bicycling, page 194

The use of the incorrect factor resulted in an undershift to ERAF.

1998, State of California Property Tax Apportionments Calendar Year 1997

Concavity of demand leads to undershifting and sufficient convexity to overshifting.

1995, Gareth D. Myles, Public Economics, page 363

However, according to Kay and Keen (1991), neither undershifting of both taxes, nor overshifting of both, is a plausible scenario under the quality model.

2003, Public Relations Review: A Journal of Research and Comment

Whether this indirect effect causes an overshifting or undershifting of price depends upon the level of spillovers.

2007, Patrick W. Barnes, Economic Perspectives on Innovation and Invention, page 34

With a linear demand curve, 0 η =, the monopolist always undershifts the tax, as shown in the first part of Figure 3.2.

2007, Essays on Taxation, page 59