undermost

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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 Ross, Thomasina

It is a strange thing that we should always have managed to come out undermost whichever party was on top, and of this I cannot tell the reason.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

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

In these panels, the undermost is often introductory to the one above, an illustration of it.

From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John

The stroller felt himself swiftly thrust downward, and as they both fell together it was he who went undermost.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)