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A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc.

, durable riches and righteousness. Prov. viii. 18. An interest which from its object and grounds must be so durable. De Quincey.

A single particle of earth or other matter. [R.] "To touch a dust of England's ground." Shak.

ideas and affections . . . would be stunted and dwarfed, if cut off from a spiritual background. J. C. Shairp.

sometimes, soil favorable to the growth of plants; the visible surface of the globe; the ground; as, loose earth; rich earth. Give him a little earth for charity. Shak.

A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to:

species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods.

ection of the edge. [Obs.] Three hundred thousand pieces have you stuck Edgelong into the ground. B. Jonson.

both is flattered; but he neither loves, Nor either cares for him. Shak. Scarce a palm of ground could be gotten by either of the three. Bacon. There have been three talkers in Great British, either of whom would illustrate what I say about dogmatists. Holmes.

vated thoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.

hat which is raised up or elevated; an elevated place or station; as, an elevation of the ground; a hill.

The act of adorning, or the state of being adorned; adornment. In the selection of their ground, as well as in the embellishment of it. Prescott.

ndrogeo's death. Dryden. Exhibiting flowers in their natural color embossed upon a purple ground. Sir W. Scott.

That which is eminent or lofty; a high ground or place; a height. Without either eminences or cavities. Dryden. The temple of honor ought to be seated on an eminence. Burke.

ous ways with the dentine and cement. Enamel painting, painting with enamel colors upon a ground of metal, porcelain, or the like, the colors being afterwards fixed by fire. -- Enamel paper, paper glazed a metallic coating.

Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv.

n, . . . a creeping and encroaching evil. Hooker. Exclude the encroaching cattle from thy ground. Dryden.

The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition. No ground of enmity between us known. Milton.

oing to entertain so large a theme as the philosophy of Locke. De Quincey. A rumor gained ground, -- and, however absurd, was entertained by some very sensible people. Hawthorne.

or, with a direct object of the person, and a remote object of the thing; to furnish with grounds for seeking or claiming with success; as, an officer's talents entitle him to command.