undermost

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A moment and the two fell to the ground, the servant undermost.

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.

Both went forcibly to the ground, with Brenchfield undermost.

From The Spoilers of the Valley by Watson, Robert

The strips, as they were cut by Ossaroo, were passed into the hands of the others, who having already spread out the hide with the hairy side undermost, laid the pieces upon it.

From The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains by Reid, Mayne

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

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)