mud sill

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• mud|sill — «MUHD SIHL», noun. the lowest sill of a wall, dam, or other structure, usually placed in or on the ground …   Useful english dictionary

• mudsill — /mud sil /, n. the lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground. Also called footplate. [1675 85; MUD + SILL] * * * …   Universalium

• mudsill — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : the lowest sill of a structure (as of a house, bridge, dam) usually embedded in soil or mud 2. : a person of the lowest stratum of society a mudsill like me trying to push in and help Mark Twain all classes and conditions of… …   Useful english dictionary

• mudsill — (n.) 1680s, lowest sill of a house, from MUD (Cf. mud) + SILL (Cf. sill). The word entered U.S. political history in a speech by James M. Hammond of South Carolina, March 4, 1858, in U.S. Senate, alluding scornfully to the very mudsills of… …   Etymology dictionary

• Mudsill — Mud sill , n. 1. 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}. [1913 Webster] 2. Fig.: A person of the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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