| Dig (dig) |
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| v. t. | (d***ibreve]g) |
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| Dig |
| [imp. ***
p. p. Dug (d&ubreve]g) or Digged
(d***ibreve]gd); p. pr. *** vb. n. Digging. --
Digged is archaic.] [OE. diggen, perh. the same word as
diken, diche |
To turn up, or delve
in, (earth) with a spade or a hoe; to open, loosen, or break up (the
soil) with a spade, or other sharp instrument; to pierce, open, or
loosen, as if with a spade.
To get by digging; as, to dig
potatoes, or gold.
To hollow out, as a well; to form, as a
ditch, by removing earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a
well.
To thrust; to poke.
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To
work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to
delve.
To take ore from its bed,
in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.
To work like a digger; to study ploddingly
and laboriously.
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A
thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs.
See Dig, v. t., 4.
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To
work hard or drudge;
Of a tool: To cut deeply
into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as
when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the
work.
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A tool
for digging.
An act of digging.
An amount to be dug.
= Gouge.
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