Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-CA-VA'TION
EX-CA-VA'TION, n.
- The set of making hollow, by cutting, wearing or scooping out the interior substance or part of a thing.
- A hollow or a cavity formed by removing the interior substance. Many animals burrow in excavations of their own forming.
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