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nd floor. -- Ground cherry. (Bot.) (a) A genus (Physalis) of herbaceous plants having an inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry tomato (P. Alkekengi). See Alkekengl. (b) A European shrub (Prunus Chamæcerasus), with small, very acid fruit. -- Ground cuckoo. (Zoöl.) See Chaparral cock. -- Ground cypress.…

Inflated, as with conceit.

Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.

Inflated; boastful.

That may be inflated.

Blown in; inflated. Chaucer.

The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement. Boyle.

The literary style of Dr. Samuel Johnson, or one formed in imitation of it; an inflated, stilted, or pompous style, affecting classical words. E. Everett.

Pertaining to or resembling Dr. Johnson or his style; pompous; inflated.

Inflated with wind. Dryden.

group of simple marine organisms, usually classed as the lowest of the sponges. They have inflated hollow bodies.

A fife; also, a rude kind of oboe or a bagpipe with an inflated skin for reservoir.

plectognath fish having the body covered with spines which become erect when the body is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish. -- Porcupine grass (Bot.), a grass (Stipa spartea) with grains bearing a stout twisted awn, which, by coiling and uncoiling through changes in moisture, propels the sharp-pointed and barbellat…

To swell with air; to be dilated or inflated. Boyle.

Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.

a yellow-flowered herb (Rhinanthus Crista- galli), the ripe seeds of which rattle in the inflated calyx.

An American herb (Crotalaria sagittalis), the seeds of which, when ripe, rattle in the inflated pod.

v. t. -- Safety belt, a belt made of some buoyant material, or which is capable of being inflated, so as to enable a person to float in water; a life preserver. -- Safety buoy, a buoy to enable a person to float in water; a safety belt. -- Safety cage (Mach.), a cage for an elevator or mine lift, having appliances t…

Of or pertaining to a sophomore; resembling a sophomore; hence, pretentious; inflated in style or manner; as, sophomoric affectation. [U. S.]

To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell.