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5 definitions found 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 1.6 [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 drainage tench in "ditch the land to drain it" [syn: {trench}]
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