groundsel (2), groundsill, groundsyll, grunsel

[Eng. ground; -sill.] I. Literally: 1. A sleeper; the lower timber which supports the remainder of the frame. *2. A threshold. "[He] so fyll downe deed on the groundsyll ."- Berners : Froi art; Cronycle, vol. i., ch. clxxvi. *II. Fig . A groundwork; a basis; a foundation, "Who the groundsil of that work doth lay." Drayton: Lady Geraldine to Earl of Surrey. groundsel-tree, s. Bot.: Baccharis halimifolia , a North American composite plant. ground-sill, v. t. [GROUNDSILL, 8.] To furnish with, or as with a threshold. "They groundsilled every door with diamond." Quarles: Emblems, v. 14. *ground-sup, *grownde-sope, *grund-sope, s. A. S. grundsópa , Dut. grondsop ; Ger. grund suppe .] Dregs, lees, grounds. Parv . "Grown des ope of any lycoure. Fex , sedimen." -Prompt. ground-swell (2), s . [Eng. ground , and swell (s).] A long, deep swell, or rolling of the sea, occasioned along the shore, or where water is shallow, by a distant storm or gale. "Heavily the groundswell rolled " Long fellow: Sir Humphrey Gilbert. *ground-wall, *grownd-walle, *grund-wal, s. [A. S. grundweal ; M. H. Ger. gruntwal ; Sw. grund IMG:content-0794.png:[blocks in formation] "The main skill and groundwork will be to temper them such lectures and explanations, upon every opportunity." -Milton : On Education. 3. The first principle; the original reason. "The groundwork thereof is neverthele true and cer tain." - Spenser: State of Ireland. group, s . [Fr. groupe , from Ital. groppo = a knot, heap, or group, from Ger. kropf a bunch, a crop, or craw; cf. Icel. kroppr =a bunch or hunch on the body; Scotch craupen = hump-backed.] I. Ord. Lang.: An a emblage; a cluster or number of persons or things collected without any regular arrangement or order. II. Technically : 1. Art : The union of several figures, or of various material objects placed in contact with each other, for the purpose of forming a single ma . It is nece ary that some of the figures comprised in a group be subordinate to the rest, that those which are most important in the action be also the most prominent, and call the attention to the place which they occupy in the group by the attitude, light, development, . 2. Music : (1) A series of notes, of small time-value, grouped together; a division or run. (2) The method of setting out band parts in score. 3. Natural Science: (1) Min .: A number of minerals e entially agreeing in their chemical composition. Dana has a group called fluorides, another called oxygen-compounds, . Many of these again aro subdivided. them end in -ina , as Bombycina, Noctuina , . group, v . t . [GROUP, s. Fr. grouper .] To form into or place in a group; to bring together into a group or cluster; to arrange in a group or groups; spec if., in art to combine or arrange in groups a number of material objects or figures so as to produce a picturesque and harmonious whole.