Digging
Defined in 3 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891), Anderson (1889)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Has bcen held as synonymous with "excavating," and not confined to the removal of earth. Sherman v. New York, 1 N. Y. 316.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Has been held as synonymous with “excavating,” and not confined to the removal of earth. IN. Y. 316.
A Dictionary of Law
William C. Anderson · 1889
May mean excavating, and lot be confined to removing earth as dislinguished from rock. 2