undermost

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Mark the experiment: When the knob is uppermost, it attracts the north end of a magnetic needle; when undermost it attracts the south end of a magnetic needle.

From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John

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

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

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

The keeper was undermost, and the weight of his huge opponent knocked the breath out of him for the moment.

From The Wolf Patrol A Tale of Baden-Powell's Boy Scouts by Finnemore, John

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