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pī̆ken
v.(1)
196 quotations in 10 senses
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To work with a pick or other digging implement; --also refl.; dig (sth.); break up (land, a field); dig up (weeds);
piken awei
, dig up (weeds); undermine (a foundation);
piken oute
, dig out (stones…
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