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mudsill
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mudsill, 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. [1913 Webster]
- Fig.: A person of the lowest stratum of society; -- a term of opprobrium or contempt. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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