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Root :: Root (n.) The descending, and commonly branching, axis of a plant, increasing in length by growth at its extremity only, not divided into joints, leafless and without buds, and having for its offices to fix the plant in the earth, to supply it with moisture and soluble matters, and sometimes to serve as a reservoir of nutriment for future growth. A true root, however, may never reach the ground, but may be attached to a wall, etc., as in the ivy, or may hang loosely in the air, as in some epiphy

Slope :: Slope (v. i.) To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes..

Curtilage :: Curtilage (n.) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house..

Runway :: Runway (n.) The beaten path made by deer or other animals in passing to and from their feeding grounds.

Contest :: Contest (v. t.) To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground..

Bog :: Bog (n.) A quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to sink; a marsh; a morass.

Groundling :: Groundling (n.) A spectator in the pit of a theater, which formerly was on the ground, and without floor or benches..

Kotow :: Kotow (n.) The prostration made by mandarins and others to their superiors, either as homage or worship, by knocking the forehead on the ground. There are degrees in the rite, the highest being expressed by three knockings..

Pose :: Pose (a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground; -- said of the attitude of a lion, horse, or other beast..

Neaped :: Neaped (a.) Left aground on the height of a spring tide, so that it will not float till the next spring tide; -- called also beneaped..

Nasturtium :: Nasturtium (n.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste..

Needless :: Needless (a.) Without sufficient cause; groundless; cuseless.

Paw :: Paw (v. i.) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.

Redan :: Redan (n.) A step or vertical offset in a wall on uneven ground, to keep the parts level..

Terrene :: Terrene (n.) The surface of the ground.

Water Color :: Water color () A color ground with water and gum or other glutinous medium; a color the vehicle of which is water; -- so called in distinction from oil color.

Palification :: Palification (n.) The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm.

Multure :: Multure (n.) A grist or grinding; the grain ground.

Esplees :: Esplees (n. pl.) The full profits or products which ground or land yields, as the hay of the meadows, the feed of the pasture, the grain of arable fields, the rents, services, and the like..

Cutworm :: Cutworm (n.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larvae of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths..

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