GROUND
ADJECTIVES
► EARTHLY existing or living in or on the ground → 1593 obs.
► FALSE of ground, a foundation, etc.: treacherous, insecure → 1590 obs.
► GROUND-SMOOTH level with the ground → 1520 obs.
► QUAGGY of ground: that shakes under foot; full of quags; boggy, soft → 1610
► SCRIMPY of ground: crackling with frost → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
NOUNS
► CARPET the grass, the ground → 1897 Amer. sl.
► DAISY-QUILT the earth, the ground → 1848 Ireland
► DECK the floor, the ground → 1836 sl., orig. US
► DUTTY the ground, the surface of the earth → 1925 Caribbean
► GRASS the ground → 1816 sl.
► GROUNDSIDE the ground; a ground assignment → 1976 Amer. military aviation usage
► PENNY (A POUND) the ground → L19 rhyming sl.
► SAFE (AND SOUND) the ground → 1992 Cockney rhyming sl.
► SCARP a bare piece of ground → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SCLEEBERIE ► SCLIBBERIE a piece of ground, esp. one of little arable value → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
VERBS
► POP AIR to leave the ground → 1992 Amer. sl.
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