burrow

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BUR'ROW, noun A different orthography of burgh, borough, which see. BUR'ROW, noun A hollow place in the earth or in a warren, where small animals lodge, and sometimes deposit their provisions. Some animals excavate the earth, by scratching, and form these lodges. BUR'ROW, verb intransitive To lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as coneys or rabbits. In a more general sense, to lodge in any deep or concealed place. The word seems to include the idea of excavating a hole for a lodge, as well as lodging in it; but the verb is not often used transitively, as to burrow the earth.
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