GROUND-MAIL
\ɡɹˈa͡ʊndmˈe͡ɪl], \ɡɹˈaʊndmˈeɪl], \ɡ_ɹ_ˈaʊ_n_d_m_ˈeɪ_l]\
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Duty paid for the right of having a corpse interred in a churchyard. "Reasonable charges." said the sexton, "ou, there's ground-mail, and bell-siller (though the bell's broken, nae doubt), and the kist, and my day's wark, and my bit fee, and some brandy and ale to the drigie."-Sir W. Scott.
By Daniel Lyons
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Quinones
- Hydrocarbon rings which contain two moieties position. They can be substituted in any position except at the ketone groups.