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).

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Ditch \Ditch\, v. i. To dig a ditch or ditches. --Swift.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)