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mudsill

mudsill


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mudsill  \Mud"sill`\,  n. 
  The  lowest  sill  of  a  structure,  usually  embedded  in  the  soil; 
  the  lowest  timber  of  a  house;  also  that  sill  or  timber  of  a 
  bridge  which  is  laid  at  the  bottom  of  the  water.  See  {Sill}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mudsill  \Mud"sill`\,  n. 
  Fig.:  A  person  of  the  lowest  stratum  of  society;  --  a  term  of 
  opprobrium  or  contempt.  [Southern  U.  S.]