Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ditch"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stonecrop \Stone"crop`\, n. [AS. st[=a]ncropp.]
1. A sort of tree. [Obs.] --Mortimer.
2. (Bot.) Any low succulent plant of the genus {Sedum}, esp.
{Sedum acre}, which is common on bare rocks in Europe, and
is spreading in parts of America. See {Orpine}.
{Virginian}, or {Ditch}, {stonecrop}, an American plant
({Penthorum sedoides}).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ditch \Ditch\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ditched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Ditching}.]
1. To dig a ditch or ditches in; to drain by a ditch or
ditches; as, to ditch moist land.
2. To surround with a ditch. --Shak.
3. To throw into a ditch; as, the engine was ditched and
turned on its side.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ditch \Ditch\, v. i.
To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ditch \Ditch\ (?; 224), n.; pl. {Ditches}. [OE. dich, orig. the
same word as dik. See {Dike}.]
1. A trench made in the earth by digging, particularly a
trench for draining wet land, for guarding or fencing
inclosures, or for preventing an approach to a town or
fortress. In the latter sense, it is called also a {moat}
or a {fosse}.
2. Any long, narrow receptacle for water on the surface of
the earth.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ditch
n 1: a long narrow excavation in the earth
2: any small natural waterway
v 1: forsake; "ditch a lover"
2: throw away (slang); "Chuck these old notes" [syn: {chuck}]
3: make an emergency landing on water
4: crash or crash-land; "ditch a car"; "ditch a plane"
5: cut a trench in, as for drainage; "ditch the land to drain
it"; "trench the fields" [syn: {trench}]
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