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delve


1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade. "Delve of convenient depth your thrashing floo" (Dryden)

2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom. "I can not delve him to the root." (Shak)

Origin: AS. Delfan to dig; akin to OS. Bidelban to bury, D. Delven to dig, MHG. Telben, and possibly to E. Dale. Cf. Delf a mine.

Source: Websters Dictionary