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A very acrid herb (Ranunculus sceleratus) growing in ditches and wet places; -- called also cursed crowfoot.
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n.
A subterraneous passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
n.
The piping frog (Hyla Pickeringii), a small American tree frog, which in early spring, while breeding in swamps and ditches, sings with high, shrill, but musical, notes.
v. t.
To cut furrows or ditches in; as, to trench land for the purpose of draining it.
imp. & p. p.
of Ditch
pl.
of Ditch
n.
A bundle of sticks, twigs, or small branches of trees, used for fuel, for raising batteries, filling ditches, or other purposes in fortification; a fascine.
n.
A raised line or strip, as of ground thrown up by a plow or left between furrows or ditches, or as on the surface of metal, cloth, or bone, etc.
n.
A cylindrical bundle of small sticks of wood, bound together, used in raising batteries, filling ditches, strengthening ramparts, and making parapets; also in revetments for river banks, and in mats for dams, jetties, etc.
n.
a small fascine or fagot, steeped in wax, pitch, and glue, used in various ways, as for igniting buildings or works, or to light ditches and ramparts.
v. t.
One who trenches; esp., one who cuts or digs ditches.
n.
A genus of minute unicellular algae of the desmids. These algae have a rounded shape and are armed with glochidiate or branched aculei. Several species occur in ditches, and others are found fossil in flint or hornstone.
v. t.
To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and turned on its side.
v. i.
To work as a ditcher; to dig.
n.
A ditcher.
n.
Any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long.
n.
One who digs ditches.
v. t.
To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
v. i.
To dig a ditch or ditches.
v. t.
To dig an underground ditches in, so as to drain the surface; to underdrain; as, to underditch a field or a farm.
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