below

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1adj. or adv.

below zero Fahrenheit.

Quotations

1795

Thermometer [shows] 10 degrees below.

1965

And the lows cast for today were only 23 below at Kapuskasing and 12 below at Timmins.

2adj. or adv.

downstream from the discovery claim, on a creek or stream.

1898

Shortly afterward application was made by another party to record No. 3 below.

1904

Mrs. Johnson, of 7 below on Bonanza, has taken a trip outside on business. . . .