[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

dig \dig\ di^g, v. t. imp.  p. p. dug du^g or
   digged di^gd; p. pr.  vb. n. digging. -- digged is
   archaic. oe. diggen, perh. the same word as diken, dichen
   see dike, ditch; cf. dan. dige to dig, dige a ditch; or
   ? akin to e. 1st dag. root67.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            be first to dig the ground.           --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to get by digging; as, to dig potatoes, or gold.
      1913 webster

   3. to hollow out, as a well; to form, as a ditch, by removing
      earth; to excavate; as, to dig a ditch or a well.
      1913 webster

   4. to thrust; to poke. colloq.
      1913 webster

            you should have seen children . . . dig and push
            their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them:
            look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear
            pearls.                               --robynson
                                                  more's
                                                  utopia.
      1913 webster

   5. to like; enjoy; admire. the whole class digs pearl jam.
      colloq.
      pjc

   to dig down, to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as,
      to dig down a wall.

   to dig from, to dig out of, to dig out, to dig up, to
      get out or obtain by digging; as, to dig coal from or out
      of a mine; to dig out fossils; to dig up a tree. the
      preposition is often omitted; as, the men are digging
      coal, digging iron ore, digging potatoes.

   to dig in,
      a to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure.
      b to entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance;
          -- used of warfare or negotiating situations.

   to dig in one's heels to offer stubborn resistance.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
dug digged digging dike ditch to dig down 
to dig from to dig out of to dig out to dig up to dig in 
to dig in one's heels 

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Semi-Daily Journal: Politics: Bushisms Archives
...... and to try to stem a potential exodus from the Reserves after this ... To dig into the whodunit roiling the capital, we need a glossary: leak ... ..
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/cat_politics_bushisms.html, score=100, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 12:22 pm

BZP Forums -> The Coming Of Time : Bionicle™ - BZPower News, Reference and ...
...Go to Ta Wahi at once. Wait for Tahu Nuva to emerge from the sanctity ... Hmmm...” He moved over to another side and began to dig again. Here, ... ..
http://www.bzpower.com/forum/index.php?act=ST&f=25&t=76841, score=92, date indexed=January 4, 2006, 7:40 pm

Ain't It Cool News: The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
...... to break away from the traditional Batmobile (going way back to campy ... If it had a badass front then I might dig it...but the way it is, well ... ..
http://www.aintitcool.com/tb_display.cgi?id=17288#748918, score=87, date indexed=January 5, 2006, 9:18 pm

...... conections from Norway to Iceland or perhaps from England to Iceland ... It would be very helpful to suggest to people how to travel or eat ... ..
http://www.lysator.liu.se/nordic/scripts/feedback/log/comment_log.txt, score=86, date indexed=November 21, 2005, 4:47 am

Method Man lyrics, Various Songs
...... to killah, hard to killah, hard to killah.. S.P.I.C.E. coming from the ... The year 90's parallel, controls to the wakes. I dig woman's stomach ... ..
http://www.songme.com/m/method_man/various_songs.html, score=78, date indexed=December 30, 2005, 11:38 pm

Chapter 5. Form in Language: Grammatical Concepts. Edward Sapir. 1921. Language...
...... tends to fade from consciousness and to yield to a new concreteness ( ... to dig-earth” “to grow-cause.” There are suffixed elements ... ..
http://aol.bartleby.com/186/5.html, score=68, date indexed=December 3, 2005, 7:03 am

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