See Also: groundsel(medicine)
groundsel(1)(dictionary)
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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.