mudsilln.
/ˈmʌdsɪl/, U.S. /ˈmədˌsɪl/ 1. The lowest sill of a structure, usually embedded in the ground.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > framework of building > [noun] > members of
pan1284
balka1300
lacec1330
pautre1360
dorman1374
rib1378
montant1438
dormant?1454
transom1487
ground-pillar?a1500
barge-couple1562
spar foot1579
frankpost1587
tracing1601
sleeper1607
bressumer1611
master-beam1611
muntin1611
discharge1620
dormer1623
mounting post1629
tassel1632
baufrey1640
pier1663
storey post1663
breastplate?1667
mudsill1685
template1700
brow-post1706
brow-stone1761
runner1772
stretching beam1776
pole plate1787
sabliere1800
frame stud1803
bent1815
mounting1819
bond-timber1823
storey rod1823
wall-hold1833
wall-strap1833
truss-block1883
sleeper-beam1937
shell1952
1685 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1881) VII. 178 The middle of the wall to lie even with northerlie or outward side of the said Simkins Mudsell in the Old Celler.
1741 MS Estimate of repairs at Northweald Bridge, Essex 3 mudsells 19 foot long each.
1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Mud-sill, in bridges, the sill that is laid at the bottom of a river, lake, &c.
1994 Fine Homebuilding Nov. 44/3 Adding Headwrap (18-in. wide strips of Tyvek that thread under mudsills and between the top-floor top plates) and taping all the seams has cut air leakage.
2. U.S. figurative. The lowest class of society; a person of this class.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun]
laga1616
raff1673
Panchama Bandham1800
lower working class1824
proletariat1852
mudsill1858
netherworld1889
underworld1899
subproletariat1918
underclass1918
lumpenproletariat1924
Fifth Estate1966
Fourth World1976
society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > the lowest class > [noun] > person of the lowest class
ribalda1250
kitchen knave1440
scullion1483
scudler1488
canel raker?1518
channel raker1575
proletary1576
muckworm1649
proletariana1657
infimate1733
proletaire1796
coolie1803
gutterling1846
mudsill1858
prole1887
gutter-sparrow1890
gutter-bird1896
underworldling1928
delta1932
lumpenproletarian1936
proly1959
1858 in J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (1860) 283 Such a class..constitutes the very mud-sill of society.
1863 O. W. Holmes Inevitable Trial in Pages from Old Vol. (1891) 107 What the ‘Christian dogs’ were to the followers of Mahomet,..the ‘Northern mudsills’ are to the followers of the Southern Moloch.
1935 S. Lewis It can't happen Here xvii. 188 Talking to the dirtiest and tiredest mudsills as warm friend to friend.
1964 College Eng. Feb. 333/2 The culturally deprived in our great cities—a more massive social mudsill than the most sanguine dream of Calhoun and other slavocrats ever envisaged.
1968 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Apr. 329/3 The mudsill is still Negro, not poor white.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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