ground joist

Carp.: A joist of the basement or ground-floor; often termed a sleeper. IMG:content-0787.png:[blocks in formation] 1. The name given by the English at the Cape of Good Hope to Orycteropus capensis , a mammal like a short-legged hog; called by the Dutch Aardvark (q. v.). 2. The American name for Arctomys monax , the woodchuck of New England. ( Good rich & Porter .) *ground-hold, s . Naut.: Tackle for holding on to the ground. "Like as a ship with dread full storm long tost, Having spent all her mastes and her ground - hold ." Spenser: F. Q., VI. iv. L ground-honeysuckle, s. Bot.: Lotus corniculatus. (Britten & Holland.) ground-ice, s. Hydrol., Geol., .: Ice which forms at the bottom of a river or other body of water before the surface appears to freeze. As water at 40° Fahrenheit is heavier than that at 32°, the former tends to sink Entom.: Clisiocampa cast rens is, a moth of the family Bombycide.