Definition of ground

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Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground..

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Epistemology :: Epistemology (n.) The theory or science of the method or grounds of knowledge.
Provine :: Provine (v. t.) To lay a stock or branch of a vine in the ground for propagation.
Land :: Land (n.) Ground, in respect to its nature or quality; soil; as, wet land; good or bad land..
Stake :: Stake (v. t.) A piece of wood, usually long and slender, pointed at one end so as to be easily driven into the ground as a support or stay; as, a stake to support vines, fences, hedges, etc..
Aground :: Aground (adv. & a.) On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.
Grabble :: Grabble (v. i.) To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel.
Appropriation :: Appropriation (n.) The act of setting apart or assigning to a particular use or person, or of taking to one's self, in exclusion of all others; application to a special use or purpose, as of a piece of ground for a park, or of money to carry out some object..
Crouch :: Crouch (v. i.) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear..
Perambulator :: Perambulator (n.) A surveyor's instrument for measuring distances. It consists of a wheel arranged to roll along over the ground, with an apparatus of clockwork, and a dial plate upon which the distance traveled is shown by an index. See Odometer..
Rideau :: Rideau (n.) A small mound of earth; ground slightly elevated; a small ridge.
Bank :: Bank (n.) An elevation, or rising ground, under the sea; a shoal, shelf, or shallow; as, the banks of Newfoundland..
Gill :: Gill (n.) Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Salix :: Salix (n.) A genus of trees or shrubs including the willow, osier, and the like, growing usually in wet grounds..
Pasturage :: Pasturage (n.) Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture.
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenienc
Turio :: Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Dibble :: Dibble (v. i.) A pointed implement used to make holes in the ground in which no set out plants or to plant seeds.
Departure :: Departure (n.) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another..
Ashore :: Ashore (adv.) On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed to aboard or afloat.
Bran :: Bran (n.) The broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain..
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