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单词 suffossion
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suffossionn.

Etymology: < Latin suffossio, -ōnem, < suffodĕre, < suf- = sub- prefix 1c, 6 + fodĕre to dig.
Obsolete. rare.
Digging under or up; undermining.
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [noun] > digging or excavating > digging under
underminingc1380
underdelvingc1440
suffossion1623
undercutting1877
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Suffossion, an undermining.
c1625 Bp. J. Hall St. Paul's Combat i, in Wks. (1634) II. 440 Those suffossions of walls [etc.].
1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 98 What is it to tell of the suffossion of her vineyards? vastation of her tents?
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