groundswell (groundswel)

A broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, occasioned by a distant storm or heavy gale, and sometimes also by distant seismic disturbances: sometimes used figuratively of a rolling surface of country, and also of a rising wave of sound or of emotion. IMG:content-2725.png:[blocks in formation] The ve el leaned over from the damp night-breeze, and rolled with the heavy ground -swell. R. H. Dana , Jr., Before the Mast, p. 4. ground-table (ground'tā"bl), n. In arch ., same as earth - table .