And threw him; down he fell, sword undermost. From Wordnik.com. [The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems] Reference
The two grappled, and rolled on the floor, Frank undermost. From Wordnik.com. [Harper's Young People, March 23, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly] Reference
Egg-shaped as I have said, the wider end was undermost, resting in. From Wordnik.com. [The Metal Monster] Reference
Take one of these in each hand, the fingers undermost and the thumb uppermost. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainments for Home, Church and School] Reference
Several petticoats followed, the undermost of red flannel, with scalloped edges. From Wordnik.com. [Growing Pains] Reference
Second, it is the impression of a closed hand, with the upper joints of the fingers undermost. From Wordnik.com. [The Darrow Enigma] Reference
And bedad to let fly from their sterns in the eye of the fellow who tugged at the undermost oar. From Wordnik.com. [The Frogs] Reference
The undermost rings should have thin joints, those of each succeeding ring being slightly thickened. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
Our American friends have stood with us in the most critical of times and undermost the intense pressure. From Wordnik.com. [His Holiness' Speech at the Congressional Gold Medal Award Ceremony] Reference
In despair they buried both in one grave -- the corporal undermost -- without further efforts to attain a decent depth. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 538, March 17, 1832] Reference
They fell, and rose, and fell, and rose again, the policeman undermost sometimes, and at other times the Fenian Captain. From Wordnik.com. [Speeches from the Dock, Part I] Reference
Unity, that, it is easily seen, it lies under the undermost garment of nature, and betrays its source in Universal Spirit. From Wordnik.com. [Nature] Reference
Mrs General changed her gloves, as to the right glove being uppermost and the left undermost, with a Prunes and Prism smile. From Wordnik.com. [Little Dorrit] Reference
Was burnish and flames to the undermost spread of his wings. From Wordnik.com. [Tam o' the Scoots] Reference
The undermost wrapper consists of a cloth of rather fine texture. From Wordnik.com. [Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests] Reference
Into the undermost gut, therewith to have rived thee of life-breath!. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
The yard happened to be undermost, and so I had a pretty good berth. From Wordnik.com. [For Treasure Bound] Reference
These Leaves have two Parts, the undermost of which is like an oblong. From Wordnik.com. [The Natural History of Chocolate Being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-Tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Excellent Properties, and Medicinal Vertues of its Fruit] Reference
Into the undermost gut, therewith to have rived thee of life - breath!. From Wordnik.com. [Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith] Reference
Thy uppermost stake is of right length; the undermost falleth off, methinks. From Wordnik.com. [Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Joseph Carnaby, and Silas Gough, Clerk] Reference
There was lettering, too, upon the undermost side when the man turned it over. From Wordnik.com. [Brother Copas] Reference
Upon upsetting, it unaccountably happened that poor Mr Stone was always undermost. From Wordnik.com. [Hudson Bay] Reference
You tell me it is inverted, because the heels are uppermost and the head undermost?. From Wordnik.com. [A Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision] Reference
And as he goeth thither he falleth, Messire Gawain and all, and he lieth undermost. From Wordnik.com. [The High History of the Holy Graal] Reference
The floor consists of a layer of grass undermost, on which a walrus skin is spread. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II] Reference
In these panels, the undermost is often introductory to the one above, an illustration of it. From Wordnik.com. [Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens] Reference
Input of excess energy as heat at pan bottoms warms the undermost layer, and heat disperses upward. From Wordnik.com. [The Daily News - News] Reference
But, having had the good fortune to be undermost at the time of the capture, he has vanished into air. From Wordnik.com. [Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices] Reference
The dance-measure was lost; the legs of the two tangled, and they fell to the floor, the bear undermost. From Wordnik.com. [Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home] Reference
The pieces are now put into a pie-dish, legs undermost, some thinly-sliced bacon is added and some potatoes. From Wordnik.com. [American Cookery November, 1921] Reference
He who was undermost lay upon his back, but his face is hid by the thick golden hair that flowed across it. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Brighteyes] Reference
The Spoke which now is highest in her Wheel may, when she gives it the next good Twist, be undermost as Nock. From Wordnik.com. [The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors...] Reference
The chain kinked time and again as he groped with the undermost hand for the openings; his dumpy, pudgy form writhed grotesquely. From Wordnik.com. [The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights] Reference
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