ground mail (ground mal)

Duty paid for the right of having a corpse interred in a churchyard. [Scotch.] "Reasonable charges?" said the sexton; "ou, there's grund - mail , and bell-siller (though the bell's broken nae doubt), and the kist, and my day's wark, and my bit fee, and some brandy and yill to the drigie.' Scott , Bride of Lammer moor, xxiv. ground-ma (ground'mas), n. In lithol., the compact or finely granular part of the rock, through which the more or le distinctly recognizable crystals are di eminated, and which is sometimes called the magma or base. Examined with the aid of the microscope, the ground-ma may be found to be entirely gla y, or it may be made up of the various products of devitrification, more or le completely developed according to the stage reached in this proce . ground-mold (ground' mold), n. In civil eng in., a templet or frame by which the surface of the ground is brought to a required form, as in terracing or embanking. E. H. Knight. ground-nest (ground'nest), n. A nest made on the ground. The herald lark groundle (ground'les), a . [ ground les , grundleás , bottomle , boundle (= D. grondeloos = G. grundlos , bottomle , = Icel. grunnlau , boundle , = Sw. Dan. grundlös , basele ), -leás , ground-net (ground'net), n. -le .] Without ground or foundation; espe- cially, having no adequate cause or reason; not authorized; basele . Left his ground- nest , high towering to descry The morn's approach, and greet her with his song. Freeholder. My groundle Fears, my painful Cares, no more shall vex thee. Steele, Conscious Lovers, v. 1. groundle ly (ground'les-li), adv . In a groundle manner; without adequate reason or cause; without authority or support. Their title [friends of the Liberty of the Pre ] ground le ly insinuated that the freedom of the Pre had lately suffered, or was now threatened with some violation. Burke, Conduct of the Minority. groundle ne (ground'les-nes), n. The state or quality of being groundle . The error will lye, not in the groundle ne of the distinction, but the erroneousne of the application. Boyle, Works, V. 549.