undermost
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In another moment the two figures rolled upon the deck, and the flaxen head was undermost.
From Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine by W. B. Gilbert
The Spoke which now is highest in her Wheel may, when she gives it the next good Twist, be undermost as Nock.
From The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... by George Augustus Sala
Let it stand in the press fourteen or sixteen hours, observing to put the cheeses last made undermost.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Mary Eaton
During this desperate struggle both stumbled, but the black man fell undermost.
From Abb? Aubain and Mosaics by Prosper M?rim?e
The undermost parts of a drop of water on a support are pressed against the support, and the upper parts are pressed against the lower parts because the latter cannot yield.
From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach
