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Webster 1913 Edition

Subterraneous

{

Subˊter-ra′ne-an

,

Subˊter-ra′ne-ous

, }

Adj.

[L.

subterraneus

;

sub

under +

terra

earth. See

.]

Being or lying under the surface of the earth; situated within the earth, or under ground;

as,

subterranean

springs; a

subterraneous

passage.

–

Subˊter-ra′ne-ous-ly

,

adv.