unds

Noun

und (plural unds)

1. (obsolete, rare) A wave.
   • Lute, Unds, and Sands did long our March oppose, And asp'rous Rocks, the Bulwarks of our Foes.1784, François Rabelais, The works of Francis Rabelais ... Now carefully revised, and compared throughout with the late new edition of M. Le du Chat, by Mr. Ozell, etc, page 309
2. A billow- or wave-like marking.
   • My Noble Lord, / AFter a long inquiry about the Arms of your Lordships antient House, and the turning of sundry Books of Impresaes and Herauldry, I found your UNDES famous and very honourable. / In our neighbour Countrey of England they are born, but inversed upside down, and diversified. Torquato..., William Drummond, letter "To the Right Honourable the Earl of Perth" in The history of Scotland, from the year 1423 until the year 1542 containing the lives and reigns of James the I, the II, the...