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  • ground spider
    [OED, any kind of spider that burrows or lives under stones 1880→; DAE idem 1867→] n. the tarantula, Theraphosidae sp.:
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  • ground pin
    (White); ground-post (Andros) [OED ground-pin a main pin or beam in any structure obs. → 1762] n. wooden supports for
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  • ground fruit
    [Car.; ground could refer either to the earth or the field; cf. GROUND VEGETABLES] n. starchy root crops, such as
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  • ground dove
    [Car.; OED 1792→; from its habit of feeding on the ground] n. a small dove, Columbigallina passerina: 1731 (Catesby 26).
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  • groan
    [from groin, influenced by groan] n. groin. (Black)
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  • ground
    [Atlantic; OED idem obs. → 1733; Brit. dial. idem EDD ] n. a field; a piece of farmland (count n.): I'm going
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  • grivel
    /grival/ [from gruel by /w, v/ alternation] n. cooked, semiliquid cereal such as cornmeal mush or cream of wheat. (San Sal.,
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  • gritsy
    [probably from gritty, influenced by GRITS] adj. (of the teeth) not clean: Before you grin up in my face, go brush
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  • grits
    [from grit soil, sand; influenced by grits 'corn­meal] n. dirt or stains on the teeth: He smoke so much till
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  • grit
    [cf. DAE grit to grate (the teeth), gritty pro­voked; grate to harass, irritate] v. to annoy. (Mayag)
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