groundsel

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

GROUND'SEL, noun A plant of the genus Senecio, of several species. GROUND'SEL GROUND'-SILL, noun [Latin sella, that which is set.] The timber of a building which lies next to the ground; commonly called a sill.
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