GROUND'LY, adverb Upon principles; solidly. [A bad word and not used.] GROUND'-NUT, noun A plant, the Arachis, a native of South America. GROUND'-OAK, noun A sapling of oak. GROUND'-PINE,noun A plant, a species of Teucrium or germander; said to be so called from its resinous smell. GROUND'-PLATE, noun In architecture, the ground-plates are the outermost pieces of timber lying on or near the ground, framed into one another with mortises and tenons.
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