Mudsill

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 lowest stratum of society; -- a term
        of opprobrium or contempt. [Southern U. S.]
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]