† underdigv.
Obsolete.
transitive. = underdelve v.
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society > occupation and work > industry > earth-moving, etc. > [verb (transitive)] > dig (hole, etc.) > dig under
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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Ezek. xxxvi. 35 Citees desert and destitute and vndirdiggid.
1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. B vj Ye Castel, whose walles were so thick..that it was not an easy matter sone to vnderdig them.
1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Sarfouir,..to vnderdig or vndermine.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique iii. iv. 430 So soon as they growe, they must be..clensed from weedes, and vnderdigd.
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