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n. 1. The burden of a song; the chorus; the refrain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Accompanying strain; subordinate and underlying meaning; accompaniment; undertone. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the very [ poetry ] there often an undersong of sense which none beside the poetic mind . . . can comprehend. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]