Bible Dictionaries
Excavate
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(v. t.) To dig out and remove, as earth.
(2):
(v. t.) 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.
(3):
(v. t.) To form by hollowing; to shape, as a cavity, or anything that is hollow; as, to excavate a canoe, a cellar, a channel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Excavate'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​e/excavate.html. 1828.