digging
noun
- process of removing material from a solid surface
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdɪɡɪŋ(ɡ)/
noun
- The action performed by a person or thing that digs.
- A place where ore is dug, especially certain localities in California, Australia, etc. where gold is obtained.
- Accommodation; lodgings; digs.
- Region; locality.
“This knock-down argument in favour of big mosquitoes used the Hoosier up, and the logician started on a new track, to explain how numerous bear were in his "diggins," where he represented them to be "about as plenty as blackberries, and a little plentifuler.””
verb
- present participle and gerund of dig