Part 3102

<blockquote>You should have seen children . . . <b>dig</b> and push their mothers under the sides, saying thus to them: Look, mother, how great a lubber doth yet wear pearls. <i>Robynson (More's Utopia).</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To dig down</col>, <cd>to undermine and cause to fall by digging; as, to <i>dig down<i> a wall.</cd> -- <mcol><col>To dig from</col>, <col>out of</col>, <col>out</col>, &or; <col>up</col></mcol>, <cd>to get out or obtain by digging; <as>as, to <ex>dig<ex> coal <ex>from<ex> or <ex>out of<ex> a mine; to <ex>dig out<ex> fossils; to <ex>dig up<ex> a tree</as>. The preposition is often omitted; as, the men are <ex>digging<ex> coal, <ex>digging<ex> iron ore, <ex>digging<ex> potatoes.</cd> -- <col>To dig in</col>, <cd>to cover by digging; <as>as, to <ex>dig in<ex> manure</as>.</cd></cs><-- <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; -- used of warfare.</cd> Also figuratively, esp. in the phrase <col>to dig in one's heels</col>. -->

<h1>Dig</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To work with a spade or other like implement; to do servile work; to delve.</def>

<blockquote><b>Dig</b> for it more than for hid treasures. <i>Job iii. 21.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>I can not <b>dig</b>; to beg I am ashamed. <i>Luke xvi. 3.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously.</def> <mark>[Cant, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Dig</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>A thrust; a punch; a poke; <as>as, a <ex>dig</ex> in the side or the ribs</as>. See <er>Dig</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, <p><b>4.</b></def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A plodding and laborious student.</def> <mark>[Cant, U.S.]</mark>

<h1>Digamist</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"a*mist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ to marry. Cf. <er>Bigamist</er>.]</ety> <def>One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist.</def>

<i>Hammond.</i>

<h1>Digamma</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gam"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ the letter <?/. So called because it resembled two <ets>gammas</ets> placed one above the other.]</ety> <fld>(Gr. Gram.)</fld> <def>A letter (<?/, <?/) of the Greek alphabet, which early fell into disuse.</def>

<note>&hand; 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.</note>

<h1>Digammate, Digammated</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw><hw>Di*gam"mate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Di*gam"mated</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the digamma or its representative letter or sound; <as>as, the Latin word <ex>vis</ex> is a <ex>digammated</ex> form of the Greek <?/</as>.</def>

<i>Andrews.</i>

<h1>Digamous</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"a*mous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to a second marriage, that is, one after the death of the first wife or the first husband.</def>

<h1>Digamy</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Dig"a*my</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a second marriage; <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ marriage. Cf. <er>Bigamy</er>.]</ety> <def>Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Digastric</h1> <Xpage=411>

<hw>Di*gas"tric</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ = <?/ twice + <?/ belly: cf. F. <ets>digastrique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Anat.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; <as>as, the <ex>digastric</ex> nerves</as>.</def>