GROUND'LY, adv. Upon principles; solidly. [A bad word and not used.]
GROUND'-NUT, n. A plant, the Arachis, a native of South America.
GROUND'-OAK, n. A sapling of oak.
GROUND'-PINE,n. A plant, a species of Teucrium or germander; said to be so called from its resinous smell.
GROUND'-PLATE, n. In architecture,the ground-plates are the outermost pieces of timber lying on or near the ground, framed into one another with mortises and tenons.
