undermost

Example Sentences

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

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

Having determined the direction in which the tree shall fall, and fixed their spring-boards accordingly, two "fallers" mount them, and chop out a deep under cut on the side that is to lie undermost.

From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Munroe, Kirk

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

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

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

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 Sala, George Augustus