to root, dig up or loosen the ground with a stick, to dig the surface only; fig. to force information from a person

Capell 1968

to root, dig up (trans.)

Capell 1968

a digging stick

Capell 1968

to pierce, lance, inoculate; a needle, prickle, lance, injection, inoculation; fork

McEwen 1970

to plant, as seeds or cuttings; to set a stake in the earth, as to hold the sounding board; to insert, as a spear; to sting, as a bee; to pierce, puncture, as a sea urchin, baloon fish or spear; to swoop down or claw, as a hawk

Elbert 1975

thrust needle or other sharp object through something, pierce; pin (especially leaves of thatching panels); sew; mend, darn; tack; seam

Milner 1966

stitch

Milner 1966

to pierce; test ground for turtle eggs with a stick; poke a stick through mats to hold them on ridge of house; sticks so used

perform an action or series of actions producing many holes

pierced

prise open, lever up; vaccination, vaccinate, inoculate; brocade, embroidery, any weave done with needle following weft

Richards 1981

all work made by a pointed instrument, such as a graver, a chisel, etc.

Richardson 1885

engraved; picked out, taken out, as a cricket from a hole

Richardson 1885

cloth embroidered with gold or silver by a “digging out” process, i.e. by using a sharp point to pull out short lengths of the silk of the fabric and then substituting pieces of gold or silver thread

Wilkinson 1959

embroidery

Hardeland 1859

hairpin (Laktaw 1914)

Panganiban 1966