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EX'CAVATE, v.t. [L. excavo; ex and cavo, to hollow, cavus, hollow. See Cave.]
To hollow; to cut, scoop, dig or wear out the inner part of any thing and make it hollow; as, to excavate a ball; to excavate the earth; to excavate the trunk of a tree and form a canoe.
To hollow out; to form cavity or hole in; to make hollow by
cutting, scooping, or digging; as, to excavate a ball; to
excavate the earth.
To form by hollowing; to shape, as a
cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a
cellar, a channel.
To dig out and remove, as
earth.
The material excavated was usually sand. E. L. Corthell. Excavating pump, a kind of dredging apparatus for excavating under water, in which silt and loose material mixed with water are drawn up by a pump. Knight. | ||||||||