Hypertext Webster Gateway: "mudsill"
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.]
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