Below

prep.	1.	Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.
	2.	Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.
	3.	Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath. They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were. - Milton. Who thinks no fact below his regard. - Hallam.
adv.	1.	In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. Lord Marmion waits below. - Sir W. Scott.
	2.	On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. The fairest child of Jove below. - Prior.
	3.	In hell, or the regions of the dead. What business brought him to the realms below. - Dryden.
	4.	In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.
	5.	In some part or page following.

Adv.	1.	below - in or to a place that is lower Synonyms: at a lower place, beneath, to a lower place Antonyms: higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place, above - in or to a place that is higher
	2.	below - at a later place; "see below" Antonyms: above, supra - at an earlier place; "see above"
	3.	below - (in writing) see below; "vide infra" Synonyms: infra
	4.	below - on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" Synonyms: down the stairs, downstairs, on a lower floor
	5.	below - further down; "see under for further discussion" Synonyms: under

BELOW. Lower in place, beneath, not so high as some other thing spoken of, of tacitly referred to.
     2. The court below is an inferior court, whose, proceedings may be examined on error by a superior court, which is called the court above.
     3. Bail below is that given to the sheriff in bailable actions, which is so called to distinguish it from bail to t-he action, which is called bail above. See Above; Bail above; Bail below.

adown, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, behind, below deck, below par, below the mark, belowstairs, beneath the sky, down, down below, down south, downgrade, downhill, downline, downright, downstairs, downstream, downstreet, downtown, downward, downwards, downwith, following, hellishly, here, here below, in hell, in hellfire, in the gutter, in the world, infernally, infra, least, least of all, neath, next, on earth, short of, since, subordinate to, subsequent to, unbefitting, under heaven, under par, under the stars, under the sun, underfoot

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