ground-ash
1. A young ash-plant; an ash sapling (see quot. 1707). Also attrib.
| 1664 Evelyn Sylva vi. 23 From these low Cuttings come our Ground-ashes, so much sought after for Arbours, Espaliers, and other Pole-Works. 1697 Dryden æneid ix. 1003 A lance of tough ground ash the Trojan threw. 1707 Mortimer Husb. i. (1708) 335 Some cut the young Ashes off about an Inch above the Ground, which causes them to make very large straight Shoots, which they call Ground-Ash. 1878 Jefferies Gamekeeper at H. i. 13 His ground-ash stick under his arm. |
2. dial. a. The gout-weed, ægopodium Podagraria (Withering Brit. Plants 1796) b. Angelica sylvestris (Johnston Bot. East. Border 1853).