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Definition of Mudsill
1. 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.
2. n. Fig.: A person of the lowest stratum of society; -- a term of opprobrium or contempt.
Definition of Mudsill
1. Noun. The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground. ¹
2. Noun. (figuratively) A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mudsill
1. the lowest supporting timber of a structure [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mudsill
Literary usage of Mudsill
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin (1899)
"This is the historical significance of the speech, though at the time it gave
the author the name of " mudsill" Hammond, which arose from a peculiar use he ..."
2. The Lyon Campaign in Missouri: Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry by Eugene Fitch Ware (1907)
"The Harness-Maker.—The Workman.—The Discussions.—The mudsill.— Schools and
Education.—Uncle Tom's Cabin.—Aunt Phyllis's Cabin. ..."
3. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1903)
"Q. Do you say that carried it below the bottom of the mudsill ? ... I have an
idea, when I last saw it the ditch was some lower than the mudsill. ..."
4. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1888)
"Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads
progress, civilization, and refinement It constitutes the very mudsill of ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery, the by New Jersey Court of Chancery, New Jersey Prerogative Court, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, Charles Ewing Green (1869)
"This consists, as it is since reduced, of a stone wall and a piece of timber
about thirty-six feet long, lying on the stone-work, called the mudsill, ..."
6. The Life and Times of Hannibal Hamlin by Charles Eugene Hamlin (1899)
"This is the historical significance of the speech, though at the time it gave
the author the name of " mudsill" Hammond, which arose from a peculiar use he ..."
7. The Lyon Campaign in Missouri: Being a History of the First Iowa Infantry by Eugene Fitch Ware (1907)
"The Harness-Maker.—The Workman.—The Discussions.—The mudsill.— Schools and
Education.—Uncle Tom's Cabin.—Aunt Phyllis's Cabin. ..."
8. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1903)
"Q. Do you say that carried it below the bottom of the mudsill ? ... I have an
idea, when I last saw it the ditch was some lower than the mudsill. ..."
9. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1888)
"Such a class you must have, or you would not have that other class which leads
progress, civilization, and refinement It constitutes the very mudsill of ..."
10. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Chancery, the by New Jersey Court of Chancery, New Jersey Prerogative Court, New Jersey Court of Errors and Appeals, Charles Ewing Green (1869)
"This consists, as it is since reduced, of a stone wall and a piece of timber
about thirty-six feet long, lying on the stone-work, called the mudsill, ..."
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