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A kind of fall apple, marked with streaks of deep red and orange, and of excellent flavor and quality.

the genus Macrurus, in which the body and tail taper to a point; they mostly inhabit the deep sea; -- called also onion fish, and rat-tail fish.

Foul matter; dirt, rubbed in; sullying blackness, deeply ingrained.

A West African antelope (Cephalophus rufilotus) of a deep bay color, with a broad dorsal stripe of black; -- called also conquetoon.

A low, moaning sound; usually, a deep, mournful sound uttered in pain or great distress; sometimes, an expression of strong disapprobation; as, the remark was received with groans. Such groans of roaring wind and rain. Shak. The wretched animal heaved forth such groans. Shak.

f tissues. -- Ground swell. (a) (Bot.) The plant groundsel. [Obs.] Holland. (b) A broad, deep swell or undulation of the ocean, caused by a long continued gale, and felt even at a remote distance after the gale has ceased. -- Ground table. (Arch.) See Earth table, under Earth. -- Ground tackle (Naut.), the tackle ne…

Solidly; deeply; thoroughly. [Obs.] Those whom princes do once groundly hate, Let them provide to die as sure us fate. Marston.

To utter a deep guttural sound, sa an angry dog; to give forth an angry, grumbling sound. Gay.

Low; deep in the throat; guttural; rumbling; as,

To growl; to snarl in deep tones; as, a lion grumbling over his prey.

To make a deep, short noise, as a hog; to utter a short groan or a deep guttural sound. Who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life. Shak. Grunting ox (Zoöl.), the yak.

A ravine, or part of the deep bed of a torrent when dry; a gully.

A hollow place in the earth; an abyss; a deep chasm or basin, He then surveyed Hell and the gulf between. Milton. Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed. Luke xvi. 26.

A channel or hollow worn in the earth by a current of water; a short deep portion of a torrent's bed when dry.

To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw). See Gummer.

A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.

or worship of woman. The sentimental gyneolatry of chivalry, which was at best but skin- deep. Lowell.

The deepsea fishing for cod, ling, and tusk, off the Shetland Isles.

Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon repose." De Quincy.

A thorny shrub or tree (the Cratægus oxyacantha), having deeply lobed, shining leaves, small, roselike, fragrant flowers, and a fruit called haw. It is much used in Europe for hedges, and for standards in gardens. The American hawthorn is Cratægus cordata, which has the leaves but little lobed. Gives not the hawthorn b…