mudsill

noun

The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground. / (figuratively) A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom)

The workers laid the mudsill as the foundation of the building.

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意味（1）

The lowest sill of a structure, usually placed in or on the ground.

意味（2）

(figuratively) A particularly low or dirty place/state; the nadir of something (see rock bottom)

The Pre-Historic Era was the mudsill of human development.

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意味（3）

(dated, Southern US) A person of low status or humble provenance.

We were now miserable mercenaries, serving for low pay and rough rations. Read the Southern papers and you will see us described. “Mudsills,” — that, I believe, is the technical word.

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