ground rat

The same as GROUND-PIG (q. v.). ground-rent, s. Rent paid for the privilege of building on the ground of another. *ground-room, s. A room on the ground-floor of a house. "I beseeched him hereafter to meditate in a ground. room; for that otherwise it would be impo ible for an artist of any other kind to live near him."-Tatler. ground-rope, s. The rope along the bottom of a trawl-net. IMG:content-0789.png:[blocks in formation] with the ground-floor. Arch.: A niche having its base or seat on a level ities stored in the hold. ground-nut, 8. Bot .: Various plants; spec. (1) Arachis hypogœa ; (2) the Earth-nut, Bunium flexuosum ; (3) Apios tuberosa; (4) an American name for Panax trifo lium. ground-oak, s. 1. Ord. Lang.: An oak sapling. 2. Bot.: Teucrium chamæpitys.