undermost
Americanadjective
adjective
adverb
Etymology
Origin of undermost
Example Sentences
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One would have supposed that the centre of gravity would have brought the back undermost.
From The Squirrels and other animals Illustrations of the habits and instincts of many of the smaller British quadrupeds by George Waring
These Crucibles are laid sloaping, eight undermost, and seven above them, as it were betwixt them, that the Fire may come at them all, each having its particular Furnace or Oven.
From Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society - Vol 1 - 1666 Giving some Accompt of the present Undertakings, Studies, and Labours of the Ingenious in many considerable parts of the World by Henry Oldenburg
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 Kirk Munroe
The undermost wrapper consists of a cloth of rather fine texture.
From Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests by Thomasina Ross
They tugged and tore at each other for a moment or two, and then went down together, falling on their sides, Wanless, being, if anything, rather undermost.
From The Life of Thomas Wanless, Peasant by Alexander Johnstone Wilson
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