Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Below

Below ({not transcribed}) , preposition

[Prefix be- by + low.]

1.
Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. — Shakespeare
2.
Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality.
One degree below kings. — Addison
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

Below , adverb

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. — Wheaton
5.
In some part or page following.