GROUNDLY
GROUND'LY, adverb Upon principles; solidly. [A bad word and not used.]GROUND'-NUT, noun A plant, the Arachis, a native of South America.GROUND'-OAK, noun A sapling of oak.GROUND...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GROUNDSEL
GROUND'SEL, noun A plant of the genus Senecio, of several species.GROUND'SELGROUND'-SILL, noun [Latin sella, that which is set.]The timber of a building which lies next to the g...
GROUNDWORK
GROUND'WORK, noun The work which forms the foundation or support of any thing; the basis; the fundamentals.1. The ground; that to which the rest are additional.2. First principl...
GROUP
GROUPGROUP'EDGROUP'INGGROUSE, noun grous. A heath-cock or cock of the wood, a fowl of the genus Tetrao. The name is given to several species, forming a particular division of th...
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GROUSE
GROUSE, n. grous. A heath-cock or cock of the wood, a fowl of the genus Tetrao. The name is given to several species, forming a particular division of the genus; such as the bla...
GROUT
GROUT, noun Coarse meal; pollard.1. A kind of wild apple.2. A thin coarse mortar.3. That which purges off.
GROVE
GROVE, noun1. In gardening, a small wood or cluster of trees with a shaded avenue, or a wood impervious to the rays of the sun. A grove is either open or close; open, when consi...
GROVEL
GROV'EL, verb intransitive grov'l.1. To creep on the earth, or with the face to the ground; to lie prone, or move with the body prostrate on the earth; to act in a prostrate pos...
GROVELER
GROV'ELER, noun One who grovels; an abject wretch.
GROVELING
GROV'ELING, participle present tense Creeping; moving on the ground.1. Mean; without dignity or elevation.
GROVY
GRO'VY, adjective Pertaining to a grove; frequenting groves.
GROW
GROW, verb intransitivepreterit tense grew; participle passive grown. [Latin cresco.]1. To enlarge in bulk or stature, by a natural, imperceptible addition of matter, through du...
GROWER
GROWER, noun One who grows; that which increases.1. In English use, one who raises or produces.
GROWING
GROWING, participle present tense Increasing; advancing in size or extent; becoming; accruing; swelling; thriving.
GROWL
GROWL, verb intransitive [Gr. a grunting.] To murmur or snarl, as a dog; to utter an angry, grumbling sound.GROWL, verb transitive To express by growling.GROWL, noun The murmur ...
GROWLER
GROWL'ER, noun A snarling cur; a grumbler.
GROWLING
GROWL'ING, participle present tense Grumbling; snarling.
GROWN
GROWN, participle passive of grow. Advanced; increased in growth.1. Having arrived at full size or stature; as a grown woman.GROWN over, covered by the growth of any thing; over...
GROWSE
GROWSE, verb intransitive To shiver; to have chills. [Not used.]
GROWTH
GROWTH, noun The gradual increase of animal and vegetable bodies; the process of springing from a germ, seed or root, and proceeding to full size, by the addition of matter, thr...
GROWTHEAD
GROWT'HEADGROWT'NOL noun1. A kind of fish.2. A lazy person
GRUB
GRUB, verb intransitive To dig; to be occupied in digging.GRUB, verb transitive To dig; mostly followed by up. To grub up, is to dig up by the roots with an instrument; to root ...
GRUBBER
GRUB'BER, noun One who grubs up shrubs, etc.
GRUBBING-HOE
GRUB'BING-HOE, noun An instrument for digging up trees, shrubs, etc. by the roots; a mattoc; called also a grub-ax.
GRUBBLE
GRUB'BLE, verb intransitive To feel in the dark; to grovel. [Not much used.]