transitive. To dig; to turn up with the spade; esp. to dig (ground) in preparation for a crop. Now chiefly northern and Scottish, where it is the…

To penetrate and excavate or turn up (the ground, or any surface) with a spade or similar tool. spec. to excavate archæologically.

transitive. To dig superficially; to break up the surface of (the ground); to clear (ground) of roots and stumps. Also with up. Said occasionally…

To dig out (gravel). Obsolete.

To throw up (earth, etc.) whence the current northern use in to cast sods, turf, peat: to dig them up. Also in ploughing.

transitive. To plough, make furrows in (also figurative); to dig up; (see also quot. 1882).

transitive. To dig up (the ground). Obsolete.

To root up, pull up by the roots (trees, stumps, weeds, etc.); to extirpate by digging or grubbing… transferred. To pull up (stones, a fence); to…