An act of digging or delving; a thrust of the spade. Obsolete (rare in later use).

in transitive senses.

The action of the verb to dig, v., in various senses; an instance of this.

The action of digging or cultivating land again in preparation for planting; an instance of this.

The action or process of digging a pit, hole, or trench in the ground; (also) a pit, ditch, etc., so dug.

The action of digging in readiness for planting.

(a) work done with a spade for the preparation of ground; (b) figurative preliminary work, difficult or laborious preparation, pioneering research…

An act of delving; the plunging (of a spade) into the ground.

An act of digging; the plunging or thrusting (of a spade, or the like) into the ground.