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scooping |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scooped}; p. pr & vb n. {Scooping}.] [OE. scopen. See {Scoop}, n.] 1. To take out or up with a scoop; to lade out He scooped the water from the crystal flood. --Dryden. 2. To empty by lading; as to scoop a well dry. 3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig out to form by digging or excavation. Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to hold above a pint. --Arbuthnot.
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