undermost

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The weight of this rottenness lay heaviest of all on the labouring poor, who stood undermost in the social scale.

From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Wilson, Alexander Johnstone

So intimate is this Unity, that, it is easily seen, it lies under the undermost garment of nature, and betrays its source in Universal Spirit.

From Nature by Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Of these last, indeed, he seemed to be in dread, for, whenever one was presented to him, he retired to a corner, and coiled himself up, with his head undermost.

From Natural History in Anecdote Illustrating the nature, habits, manners and customs of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, etc., etc., etc. by Various

The two grappled, and rolled on the floor, Frank undermost.

From Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

Rusty cables and chains, ropes and rings, undermost parts of posts and piles and confused timber defences against the waves, lie strewn about, in a brown litter of tangled seaweed and fallen cliff.

From Dickens' London by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)