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The fruit of the Arachis hypogæa (native country uncertain); the peanut; the earthnut.

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That which forms the foundation or support of anything; the basis; the essential or fundamental part; first principle. Dryden.

Any revolving contrivance for affording amusement; esp., a ring of flying hobbyhorses.

That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.

To found erroneously. "Misgrounded conceit." Bp. Hall.

Ground situated at a distance from the house; outlying land.

Situated over or above ground; as, the overground portion of a plant.

A piece of ground used for recreation; as, the playground of a school.

An ovolo.

A whitlow running around the finger nail, but not affecting the bone. [Colloq.]

A felon or whitlow. [Colloq. U.S.]

To lie or be on all sides of; to encircle; as, a wall surrounds the city. But could instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me. Milton.

The things which surround or environ; external or attending circumstances or conditions.

The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.

The place or space beneath the surface of the ground; subterranean space. A spirit raised from depth of underground. Shak.

Wildcat insurance.

To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant. The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. Shak.

p. p. of Grind. Chaucer.

om an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off the dun or hill). (3) AS. a- (Goth. us-, ur-, Ger. er-), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes t…