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Hole :: Hole (n.) A hollow place or cavity; an excavation; a pit; an opening in or through a solid body, a fabric, etc.; a perforation; a rent; a fissure..

Dig :: Dig (v. i.) To take ore from its bed, in distinction from making excavations in search of ore..

Cutting :: Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut..

Igloo :: Igloo (n.) A cavity, or excavation, made in the snow by a seal, over its breathing hole in the ice..

Scoop :: Scoop (n.) To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out; to form by digging or excavation..

Face :: Face (n.) The end or wall of the tunnel, drift, or excavation, at which work is progressing or was last done..

Sandpit :: Sandpit (n.) A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken.

Stalled :: Stall (v. i.) The space left by excavation between pillars. See Post and stall, under Post..

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) The act of excavating, or of making hollow, by cutting, scooping, or digging out a part of a solid mass..

Earthwork :: Earthwork (n.) The operation connected with excavations and embankments of earth in preparing foundations of buildings, in constructing canals, railroads, etc..

Grave :: Grave (n.) An excavation in the earth as a place of burial; also, any place of interment; a tomb; a sepulcher. Hence: Death; destruction..

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel..

Gobbing :: Gobbing (n.) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff.

Topsoiling :: Topsoiling (n.) The act or art of taking off the top soil of land before an excavation or embankment is begun.

Hole :: Hole (n.) An excavation in the ground, made by an animal to live in, or a natural cavity inhabited by an animal; hence, a low, narrow, or dark lodging or place; a mean habitation..

Mine :: Mine (v. i.) A pit or excavation in the earth, from which metallic ores, precious stones, coal, or other mineral substances are taken by digging; -- distinguished from the pits from which stones for architectural purposes are taken, and which are called quarries..

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) A cavity formed by cutting, digging, or scooping..

Excavation :: Excavation (n.) The material dug out in making a channel or cavity.

Groove :: Groove (n.) A shaft or excavation.

Hollow :: Hollow (n.) A cavity, natural or artificial; an unfilled space within anything; a hole, a cavern; an excavation; as the hollow of the hand or of a tree..

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