See Also: groundsel(2)(dictionary)
groundsel(1)(dictionary)
groundsel(medicine)
aground(dictionary)
aground(dictionary)
Aground - Sailing(gambling)
Run Aground - Sailing(gambling)
gambling(medicine)
gambling(dictionary)
gambling(encyclopedia)

Aground - Sailing (gambling) and groundsel(2) (iou)


Aground - Sailing (gambling)


When a boat is in water too shallow for it to float in, i.e: the boat' s bottom is resting on the ground.

groundsel(2) (iou)



groundsel noun2. . LME.
[App. from GROUND noun + SILL noun1, but the 2nd elem. early became a mere termination.]
The lowest horizontal timber in a (wooden) building; the foundation or lowest part of any structure. LME.
b. fig. An underlying principle. Now rare or obsolete. E17.
The bottom timber of a door-frame; a door-sill, a threshold. E16.