undermost
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Tie it neatly up with packthread across and across, put the top undermost, and place it in an earthen pan.
From The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory; In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed. by Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury
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
What was undermost should be topmost, and what was topmost should be undermost!—See there, now! his leg is longer than mine!—whip it off, and away with it!
From A Christmas Greeting by H. C. (Hans Christian) Andersen
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
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 John Tyndall
