Hypertext Webster Gateway: "burrowing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Burrow \Bur"row\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Burrowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Burrowing}.]
1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge
in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place;
to hide.

Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are
forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow
in another. --Burke.

{Burrowing owl} (Zo["o]l.), a small owl of the western part
of North America ({Speotyto cunicularia}), which lives in
holes, often in company with the prairie dog.


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