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Ground
·noun The pit of a theater.
II. Ground ·- imp. & ·p.p. of Grind.
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Ice
·noun Concreted sugar.
II. Ice ·noun Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice.
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Ice
Frequently mentioned (Job 6:16; 38:29; Ps. 147:17, etc.). (See Crystal.)
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Burying ground
·- ·Alt. of Burying place.
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Middle-ground
·noun That part of a picture between the foreground and the background.
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Teeing ground
·add. ·- The space from within which the ball must be struck in beginning the play for each hole.
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Winter-ground
·vt To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the ro...
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Fallow-ground
The expression, "Break up your fallow ground" (Hos. 10:12; Jer. 4:3) means, "Do not sow your seed am...
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Parched ground
(Isa. 35:7), Heb. sharab, a "mirage", a phenomenon caused by the refraction of the rays of the sun o...
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Artillery Ground
See Old Artillery Ground.
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Ground Rentes
Tenements so called in High Holborn 1564 (Lond. I. p.m. II 142, 96).
Not further identified.
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ground sweat
A grave.
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ground squirrel
A hog, or pig.
SEA TERM.
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ground-berry
i.q. cranberry (q.v.).:
See cranberry, native
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ground-bird
n.
name given in Australia to anybird of the genus Cinclosoma. The species are – – Chestnut-backed ...
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ground-dove
n.
1) Tasmanian namefor the Spotted Ground-bird (q.v.).
1848. J. Gould, `Birds of Australia,' vol....
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ground-lark
n.
1) In New Zealand, a bird alsocalled by the Maori names, Pihoihoi and Hioi.
1888. W. L. Buller,...
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ground-parrakeet
n.
See parrakeet and pezoporus.
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ground-parrot
n.
1) The bird Psittacuspulchellus, Shaw. For the Ground Parrot of New Zealand,see Kakapo.
1793. G...
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ground-thrush
n.
name of birds found all overthe world. The Australian species are – – Geocincla lunulata, Lath.
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ground-sill
the threshold of a door. C. Ground ivy.
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hover ground
light ground. S.
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vantage-ground
See advantage
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break-ground
Beginning to weigh, or to lift the anchor from the bottom. On shore it means to begin the works for ...
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fishing-ground
Any bank or shoal frequented by fish.
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foul ground
Synonymous with foul bottom.
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ground, to
To take the bottom or shore; to be run aground through ignorance, violence, or accident.
♦ To stri...
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ground-bait
, or groundling.
A loach or loche.
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ground-gru
See anchor-ice.
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ground-gudgeon
A little fish, the Cobitis barbatula.
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ground-plot
See ichnography.
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ground-sea
The West Indian name for the swell called rollers, or in Jamaica the north sea. It occurs in a calm,...
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ground-strake
A name sometimes used for garboard-strake.
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ground-swell
A sudden swell preceding a gale, which rises along shore, often in fine weather, and when the sea be...
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ground-tackle
A general name given to all sorts of ropes and furniture which belong to the anchors, or which are e...
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ground-tier
The lowest water-casks in the hold before the introduction of iron tanks. It also implies anything e...
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ground-timbers
Those which lie on the keel, and are fastened to it with bolts through the kelson.
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ground-ways
The large blocks and thick planks which support the cradle on which a ship is launched. Also, the fo...
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losing ground
Dropping to leeward while working; the driftage.
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Bay ice
·- ·see under <<Ice>>.
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Ice plant
·- A plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum), sprinkled with pellucid, watery vesicles, which glisten ...
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Ice-built
·adj Loaded with ice.
II. Ice-built ·adj Composed of ice.
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Neapolitan ice
·add. ·- ·Alt. of Neapolitan ice cream.
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Water ice
·- Water flavored, sweetened, and frozen, to be eaten as a confection.
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ice-plant
n.
Tasmanian name for Tetragoniaimplexicoma, Hook., N.O. Ficoideae, B. Fl. Variousspecies of Tetrag...
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ice-candles
icicles. Kent.
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ice-bone
a rump of beef. Norf.
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anchor-ice
The ice which is formed on and incrustates the beds of lakes and rivers: the ground-gru of the easte...
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bay-ice
Ice newly formed on the surface of the sea, and having the colour of the water; it is then in the fi...
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cake-ice
Ice formed in the early part of the season.
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drift-ice
The debris of the main pack. (See open ice.)
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field-ice
A sheet of smooth frozen water of a general thickness, and of an extent too large for its boundaries...
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ice-anchor
A bar of round iron tapered to a point, and bent as a pot-hook; a hole is cut in the ice, the point ...
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ice-beams
Strengtheners for whalers. (See fortifying.)
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ice-birds
Small sea-fowl in the polar regions.
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ice-blink
A streak or stratum of lucid whiteness which appears over the ice in that part of the atmosphere adj...
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ice-boat
A peculiar track-schuyt for the Dutch canals in winter.
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ice-bound
A vessel so surrounded by ice as to be prevented from proceeding on her voyage.
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ice-chisel
A large socket-chisel into which a pole is inserted, used to cut holes in the ice.
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ice-claws
A flat claw with two prongs spread like a can-hook; the same as a single span or claw-dog.
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ice-fenders
Fenders of any kind, used to protect a vessel from injury by ice; usually broken spars hanging verti...
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ice vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice lane or vein
A narrow temporary channel of water in the packs or other large collections of ice.
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ice-master
A pilot, or man of experience, for the Arctic Sea.
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ice-plank
See spike-plank.
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ice-quake
The rending crash which accompanies the breaking of floes of ice.
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ice-saw
A huge saw for cutting through ice; it is made of 2/8 to 3/8 inch plates of iron, and varies in leng...
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ice-sludge
Small comminuted ice, or bay-ice broken up by the wind.
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ice-tongue
See tongue.
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land-ice
Flat ice connected with the shore, within which there is no channel.
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light ice
That which has but little depth in the water; it is not considered dangerous to shipping, as not bei...
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loose ice
A number of pieces near each other, but through which the ship can make her way.
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main-ice
A body of impenetrable ice apparently detached from the land, but immovable; between which and the l...
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old ice
In polar parlance, that of previous seasons.
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open ice
Fragments of ice sufficiently separate to admit of a ship forcing or boring through them under sail....
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pack-ice
A large collection of broken floe huddled together, but constantly varying its position; said to be ...
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penknife ice
A name given by Parry to ice, the surface of which is composed of numberless irregular vertical crys...
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piling ice
In Arctic parlance, where from pressure the ice is raised, slab over slab, into a high mass, which c...
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sailing ice
A number of loose pieces floating at a sufficient distance from each other, for a ship to be able to...
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sea-ice
Ice within which there is a separation from the land.
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slush-ice
The first layer which forms when the surface is freezing.
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stream-ice
A collection of pieces of drift or bay ice, joining each other in a ridge following in the line of c...
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young ice
Nearly the same as bay-ice, except that it is only applied to ice very recently formed, or of the pr...
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Bethlem Burying Ground
On the east side of Moorfields, extending east to New Broad Street, on the western boundary of Bisho...
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New Artillery Ground
In Moorfields. So named to distinguish it from the Old Ground near St. Mary Spittel, where formerly ...
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Old Artillery Ground
Extends from Middlesex Street south to Spital Square north, east of Bishopsgate Street, outside the ...
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(St.) Sepulchre's Burying Ground
On the northern boundary of Farringdon Ward Without, north of Smithfield Market, east of Durham Yard...
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go-by-ground
a little go-by-ground ; a diminutive person.
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Neapolitan ice cream
·add. ·- An ice or ice cream containing eggs as well as cream.
II. Neapolitan ice cream ·add. ·- An...
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barrier of ice
Ice stretching from the land-ice to the sea or main ice, or across a channel, so as to render it imp...
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beset in ice
Surrounded with ice, and no opening for advance or retreat, so as to be obliged to remain immovable....
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heavy drift-ice
Dense ice, which has a great depth in the water in proportion to its size, and is not in a state of ...
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hummocks of ice
Protuberant lumps of ice thrown up by some pressure upon a field or floe, or any other frozen plane....
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island of ice
A name given to a great quantity of ice collected into one solid mass and floating upon the sea; the...
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vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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lane or vein of ice
A narrow channel between two fields. Any open cracks or separations of floe offering navigation.
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go by the ground
A little short person, man or woman.
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blink of the ice
A bright appearance or looming (the iceberg reflected in the atmosphere above it), often assuming an...
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run of the ice
In Arctic parlance, implies that the ice is suddenly impelled by a rushing motion, arising from curr...
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