undermost

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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)

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

In another moment the two figures rolled upon the deck, and the flaxen head was undermost.

From Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine by Gilbert, W. B.

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

This was painted by a human hand; if Lions knew how to paint, you would see the man undermost.

From The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes by Riley, Henry T. (Henry Thomas)