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[muhd-sil] 
–noun
| the lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground. |
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| mud·sill (mŭd'sĭl') n. The lowest sill, block, or timber supporting a building, located at or below ground level. |
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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.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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mudsill
1685, "lowest sill of a house," from mud + sill (q.v.). 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 to the very mudsills of society, and the term subsequently was embraced by Northern workers in the pre-Civil War sectional rivalry.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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