hard ground

noun

an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground ( def 1 ).

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The base of the pool is also inflatable, which puts a little bit of cushion between your little ones and the hard ground beneath them.

It feels weird, but in a few steps you’ll be walking naturally just as you do on hard ground.

The tent pegs can be used in hard ground if you’re at a park, campground, or somewhere else without sand.

This room simulated how sound would have behaved due to the hard ground inside the monument and the open landscape around it.

He walked about, stumbling over sticks and stones and stumps, sometimes falling down on soft moss, and again on the hard ground.

At first the road passed over very hard ground, then through deep sand, which continued till we got to Yca.

A little bewildered by this order, but quite ready to obey, Marjorie started at once and fairly flew over the hard ground.

The moment one roller was released it was carried ahead, and at length the gun was dragged up to hard ground.

With that the servant let go the big instrument, placing it with a thud none too gently on the hard ground.

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