dig

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dug r Digged 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. √67. ] 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 ]

v. i. 1. To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dig for it more than for hid treasures. Job iii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

I can not dig; to beg I am ashamed. Luke xvi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To work hard or drudge; specif. (U. S.): To study ploddingly and laboriously. [ Colloq. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Peter dug at his books all the harder. Paul L. Ford. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Mach.) Of a tool: To cut deeply into the work because ill set, held at a wrong angle, or the like, as when a lathe tool is set too low and so sprung into the work.

To dig out, to depart; to leave, esp. hastily; decamp. [ Slang, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. 1. To understand; as, do you dig me?. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

2. To notice; to look at; as, dig that crazy hat!. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

3. To appreciate and enjoy; as, he digs classical music as well as rock. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; = &unr_; twice + &unr_; to marry. Cf. Bigamist. ] One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; = &unr_; twice + ga`mma the letter Γ. So called because it resembled two gammas placed one above the other. ] (Gr. Gram.) A letter (&unr_;, &unr_;) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This form identifies it with the Latin F, though in sound it is said to have been nearer V. It was pronounced, probably, much like the English W.

{ } a. Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; as, the Latin word vis is a digammated form of the Greek 'i`s. Andrews. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a second marriage; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; marriage. Cf. Bigamy. ] Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]