a. [f. LOWER a. + -MOST.] = LOWEST a. (Cf. HIGHERMOST.)

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1561.  T. Hoby, trans. Castiglione’s Courtyer, IV. (1577), X iv a. The Sunne … in winter season draweth to the lowermost signe.

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1669.  Sturmy, Mariner’s Mag., V. xii. 71. As you may see by the Figure out of the lowermost Gun of the Castle.

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1759.  Ann. Reg., 74. The lowermost mast would likewise have gone, had not the weather proved fine.

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1899.  Allbutt’s Syst. Med., VII. 295. The lowermost extremity of the ascending frontal convolution.

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