undermost

Example Sentences

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But Chris, undermost, had braced his elbow on the floor.

From Raiders Invisible by Hall, Desmond Winter

Hecuba, taking one of these which was most beauteous with various hues, and largest, brought it as a gift to Minerva; and it glittered like a star, and lay the undermost of all.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

But this loving Christ goes down, down, down into the thickest, most pestilential atmosphere, reeking with sin and corruption, and stretches out a rescuing hand to the most abject and undermost of all the victims.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Maclaren, Alexander

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 Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849

A moment and the two fell to the ground, the servant undermost.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.