Below \Be*low"\, prep. [Pref. be- by + low.]

1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. --Shak.

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.

Syn: Underneath; under; beneath.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Below \Be*low"\, 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. --Wheaton.

5. In some part or page following.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)