Definition of ground

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Ground (n.) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.

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Field :: Field (n.) That part of the grounds reserved for the players which is outside of the diamond; -- called also outfield.
Snowdrop :: Snowdrop (n.) A bulbous plant (Galanthus nivalis) bearing white flowers, which often appear while the snow is on the ground. It is cultivated in gardens for its beauty..
Contour :: Contour (n.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification..
Crawl :: Crawl (v. i.) To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and knees; to creep..
Rootstock :: Rootstock (n.) A perennial underground stem, producing leafly s/ems or flower stems from year to year; a rhizome..
Causey :: Causey (n.) A way or road raised above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground..
Slope :: Slope (v. t.) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment..
Ground :: Ground (v. t.) To lay, set, or run, on the ground..
Cultch :: Cultch (n.) Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster.
Winter-ground :: Winter-ground (v. t.) To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant..
Farmer :: Farmer (n.) One who hires and cultivates a farm; a cultivator of leased ground; a tenant.
Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..
Foreground :: Foreground (n.) On a painting, and sometimes in a bas-relief, mosaic picture, or the like, that part of the scene represented, which is nearest to the spectator, and therefore occupies the lowest part of the work of art itself. Cf. Distance, n., 6..
Weedy :: Weedy (superl.) Abounding with weeds; as, weedy grounds; a weedy garden; weedy corn..
Piste :: Piste (n.) The track or tread a horseman makes upon the ground he goes over.
Linoleum :: Linoleum (n.) A kind of floor cloth made by laying hardened linseed oil mixed with ground cork on a canvas backing.
Settle :: Settle (n.) To restore or bring to a smooth, dry, or passable condition; -- said of the ground, of roads, and the like; as, clear weather settles the roads..
Ground :: Ground (n.) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except where an opening is made by the needle..
Scagliola :: Scagliola (n.) An imitation of any veined and ornamental stone, as marble, formed by a substratum of finely ground gypsum mixed with glue, the surface of which, while soft, is variegated with splinters of marble, spar, granite, etc., and subsequently colored and polished..
Onloft :: Onloft (adv.) Aloft; above ground.
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