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    ground plan
    [ noun ]
    a floor plan for the ground level of a building
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    ground \ground\ (ground), n. [OE. ground, grund, AS. grund; akin
    to D. grond, OS., G., Sw., & Dan. grund, Icel. grunnr bottom,
    Goth. grundus (in composition); perh. orig. meaning, dust,
    gravel, and if so perh. akin to E. grind.]
    1. The surface of the earth; the outer crust of the globe, or
    some indefinite portion of it.

    There was not a man to till the ground. --Gen. ii.
    5.

    The fire ran along upon the ground. --Ex. ix. 23.
    Hence: A floor or pavement supposed to rest upon the
    earth.

    2. Any definite portion of the earth's surface; region;
    territory; country. Hence: A territory appropriated to, or
    resorted to, for a particular purpose; the field or place
    of action; as, a hunting or fishing ground; a play ground.

    From . . . old Euphrates, to the brook that parts
    Egypt from Syrian ground. --Milton.

    3. Land; estate; possession; field; esp. (pl.), the gardens,
    lawns, fields, etc., belonging to a homestead; as, the
    grounds of the estate are well kept.

    Thy next design is on thy neighbor's grounds.
    --Dryden. 4.

    4. The basis on which anything rests; foundation. Hence: The
    foundation of knowledge, belief, or conviction; a premise,
    reason, or datum; ultimate or first principle; cause of
    existence or occurrence; originating force or agency; as,
    the ground of my hope.

    5. (Paint. & Decorative Art)
    (a) That surface upon which the figures of a composition
    are set, and which relieves them by its plainness,
    being either of one tint or of tints but slightly
    contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a
    white ground. See {Background}, {Foreground}, and
    {Middle-ground}.
    (b) In sculpture, a flat surface upon which figures are
    raised in relief.
    (c) In point lace, the net of small meshes upon which the
    embroidered pattern is applied; as, Brussels ground.
    See {Brussels lace}, under {Brussels}.

    6. (Etching) A gummy composition spread over the surface of a
    metal to be etched, to prevent the acid from eating except
    where an opening is made by the needle.

    7. (Arch.) One of the pieces of wood, flush with the
    plastering, to which moldings, etc., are attached; --
    usually in the plural.

    Note: Grounds are usually put up first and the plastering
    floated flush with them.

    8. (Mus.)
    (a) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few
    bars of independent notes, is continually repeated to
    a varying melody.
    (b) The tune on which descants are raised; the plain song.
    --Moore (Encyc.).

    On that ground I'll build a holy descant.
    --Shak.

    9. (Elec.) A conducting connection with the earth, whereby
    the earth is made part of an electrical circuit.

    10. pl. Sediment at the bottom of liquors or liquids; dregs;
    lees; feces; as, coffee grounds.

    11. The pit of a theater. [Obs.] --B. Jonson.

    {Ground angling}, angling with a weighted line without a
    float.

    {Ground annual} (Scots Law), an estate created in land by a
    vassal who instead of selling his land outright reserves
    an annual ground rent, which becomes a perpetual charge
    upon the land.

    {Ground ash}. (Bot.) See {Groutweed}.

    {Ground bailiff} (Mining), a superintendent of mines.
    --Simmonds.

    {Ground bait}, bits of bread, boiled barley or worms, etc.,
    thrown into the water to collect the fish, --Wallon.

    {Ground bass} or {Ground base} (Mus.), fundamental base; a
    fundamental base continually repeated to a varied melody.


    {Ground beetle} (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of
    carnivorous beetles of the family {Carabid[ae]}, living
    mostly in burrows or under stones, etc.

    {Ground chamber}, a room on the ground floor.

    {Ground cherry}. (Bot.)
    (a) A genus ({Physalis}) of herbaceous plants having an
    inflated calyx for a seed pod: esp., the strawberry
    tomato ({Physalis Alkekengi}). See {Alkekengl}.
    (b) A European shrub ({Prunus Cham[ae]cerasus}), with
    small, very acid fruit.

    {Ground cuckoo}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Chaparral cock}.

    {Ground cypress}. (Bot.) See {Lavender cotton}.

    {Ground dove} (Zo["o]l.), one of several small American
    pigeons of the genus {Columbigallina}, esp. {C. passerina}
    of the Southern United States, Mexico, etc. They live
    chiefly on the ground.

    {Ground fish} (Zo["o]l.), any fish which constantly lives on
    the botton of the sea, as the sole, turbot, halibut.

    {Ground floor}, the floor of a house most nearly on a level
    with the ground; -- called also in America, but not in
    England, the {first floor}.

    {Ground form} (Gram.), the stem or basis of a word, to which
    the other parts are added in declension or conjugation. It
    is sometimes, but not always, the same as the root.

    {Ground furze} (Bot.), a low slightly thorny, leguminous
    shrub ({Ononis arvensis}) of Europe and Central Asia,; --
    called also {rest-harrow}.

    {Ground game}, hares, rabbits, etc., as distinguished from
    winged game.

    {Ground hele} (Bot.), a perennial herb ({Veronica
    officinalis}) with small blue flowers, common in Europe
    and America, formerly thought to have curative properties.


    {Ground of the heavens} (Astron.), the surface of any part of
    the celestial sphere upon which the stars may be regarded
    as projected.

    {Ground hemlock} (Bot.), the yew ({Taxus baccata} var.
    Canadensisi) of eastern North America, distinguished from
    that of Europe by its low, straggling stems.

    {Ground hog}. (Zo["o]l.)
    (a) The woodchuck or American marmot ({Arctomys monax}).
    See {Woodchuck}.
    (b) The aardvark.

    {Ground hold} (Naut.), ground tackle. [Obs.] --Spenser.

    {Ground ice}, ice formed at the bottom of a body of water
    before it forms on the surface.

    {Ground ivy}. (Bot.) A trailing plant; alehoof. See {Gill}.


    {Ground joist}, a joist for a basement or ground floor; a.
    sleeper.

    {Ground lark} (Zo["o]l.), the European pipit. See {Pipit}.

    {Ground laurel} (Bot.). See {Trailing arbutus}, under
    {Arbutus}.

    {Ground line} (Descriptive Geom.), the line of intersection
    of the horizontal and vertical planes of projection.

    {Ground liverwort} (Bot.), a flowerless plant with a broad
    flat forking thallus and the fruit raised on peduncled and
    radiated receptacles ({Marchantia polymorpha}).

    {Ground mail}, in Scotland, the fee paid for interment in a
    churchyard.

    {Ground mass} (Geol.), the fine-grained or glassy base of a
    rock, in which distinct crystals of its constituents are
    embedded.

    {Ground parrakeet} (Zo["o]l.), one of several Australian
    parrakeets, of the genera {Callipsittacus} and
    {Geopsittacus}, which live mainly upon the ground.

    {Ground pearl} (Zo["o]l.), an insect of the family
    {Coccid[ae]} ({Margarodes formicarum}), found in ants'
    nests in the Bahamas, and having a shelly covering. They
    are strung like beads, and made into necklaces by the
    natives.

    {Ground pig} (Zo["o]l.), a large, burrowing, African rodent
    ({Aulacodus Swinderianus}) about two feet long, allied to
    the porcupines but with harsh, bristly hair, and no
    spines; -- called also {ground rat}.

    {Ground pigeon} (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of
    pigeons which live largely upon the ground, as the
    tooth-billed pigeon ({Didunculus strigirostris}), of the
    Samoan Islands, and the crowned pigeon, or goura. See
    {Goura}, and {Ground dove} (above).

    {Ground pine}. (Bot.)
    (a) A blue-flowered herb of the genus {Ajuga} ({A.
    Cham[ae]pitys}), formerly included in the genus
    {Teucrium} or germander, and named from its resinous
    smell. --Sir J. Hill.
    (b) A long, creeping, evergreen plant of the genus
    {Lycopodium} ({L. clavatum}); -- called also {club
    moss}.
    (c) A tree-shaped evergreen plant about eight inches in
    height, of the same genus ({L. dendroideum}) found in
    moist, dark woods in the northern part of the United
    States. --Gray.

    {Ground plan} (Arch.), a plan of the ground floor of any
    building, or of any floor, as distinguished from an
    elevation or perpendicular section.

    {Ground plane}, the horizontal plane of projection in
    perspective drawing.

    {Ground plate}.
    (a) (Arch.) One of the chief pieces of framing of a
    building; a timber laid horizontally on or near the
    ground to support the uprights; a ground sill or
    groundsel.
    (b) (Railroads) A bed plate for sleepers or ties; a
    mudsill.
    (c) (Teleg.) A metallic plate buried in the earth to
    conduct the electric current thereto. Connection to
    the pipes of a gas or water main is usual in cities.
    --Knight.

    {Ground plot}, the ground upon which any structure is
    erected; hence, any basis or foundation; also, a ground
    plan.

    {Ground plum} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Astragalus
    caryocarpus}) occurring from the Saskatchewan to Texas,
    and having a succulent plum-shaped pod.

    {Ground rat}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Ground pig} (above).

    {Ground rent}, rent paid for the privilege of building on
    another man's land.

    {Ground robin}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Chewink}.

    {Ground room}, a room on the ground floor; a lower room.
    --Tatler.

    {Ground sea}, the West Indian name for a swell of the ocean,
    which occurs in calm weather and without obvious cause,
    breaking on the shore in heavy roaring billows; -- called
    also {rollers}, and in Jamaica, {the North sea}.

    {Ground sill}. See {Ground plate} (a) (above).

    {Ground snake} (Zo["o]l.), a small burrowing American snake
    ({Celuta am[oe]na}). It is salmon colored, and has a blunt
    tail.

    {Ground squirrel}. (Zo["o]l.)
    (a) One of numerous species of burrowing rodents of the
    genera {Tamias} and {Spermophilus}, having cheek
    pouches. The former genus includes the Eastern
    striped squirrel or chipmunk and some allied Western
    species; the latter includes the prairie squirrel or
    striped gopher, the gray gopher, and many allied
    Western species. See {Chipmunk}, and {Gopher}.
    (b) Any species of the African genus {Xerus}, allied to
    {Tamias}.

    {Ground story}. Same as {Ground floor} (above).

    {Ground substance} (Anat.), the intercellular substance, or
    matrix, of 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 necessary to secure a
    vessel at anchor. --Totten.

    {Ground thrush} (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of
    bright-colored Oriental birds of the family {Pittid[ae]}.
    See {Pitta}.

    {Ground tier}.
    (a) The lowest tier of water casks in a vessel's hold.
    --Totten.
    (b) The lowest line of articles of any kind stowed in a
    vessel's hold.
    (c) The lowest range of boxes in a theater.

    {Ground timbers} (Shipbuilding) the timbers which lie on the
    keel and are bolted to the keelson; floor timbers.
    --Knight.

    {Ground tit}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Ground wren} (below).

    {Ground wheel}, that wheel of a harvester, mowing machine,
    etc., which, rolling on the ground, drives the mechanism.


    {Ground wren} (Zo["o]l.), a small California bird ({Cham[ae]a
    fasciata}) allied to the wrens and titmice. It inhabits
    the arid plains. Called also {ground tit}, and {wren tit}.


    {To bite the ground}, {To break ground}. See under {Bite},
    {Break}.

    {To come to the ground}, {To fall to the ground}, to come to
    nothing; to fail; to miscarry.

    {To gain ground}.
    (a) To advance; to proceed forward in conflict; as, an
    army in battle gains ground.
    (b) To obtain an advantage; to have some success; as, the
    army gains ground on the enemy.
    (c) To gain credit; to become more prosperous or
    influential.

    {To get ground}, or {To gather ground}, to gain ground. [R.]
    ``Evening mist . . . gathers ground fast.'' --Milton.

    There is no way for duty to prevail, and get ground
    of them, but by bidding higher. --South.
    {To give ground}, to recede; to yield advantage.

    These nine . . . began to give me ground. --Shak.
    {To lose ground}, to retire; to retreat; to withdraw from the
    position taken; hence, to lose advantage; to lose credit
    or reputation; to decline. -- {To stand one's ground}, to
    stand firm; to resist attack or encroachment.
    --Atterbury.{To take the ground} to touch bottom or become
    stranded; -- said of a ship.

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