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misdig

verb

Etymology

From mis- + dig.

  1. derived from *dʰeygʷ-✻
  2. derived from *dīkaz✻ — “pool, puddle; dyke, ditch”
  3. derived from *dīkōn✻
  4. derived from dīcian — “to dig a ditch, mound up earth”
  5. inherited from diggen
  6. prefixed as misdig — “mis + dig”

Definitions

  1. To dig incorrectly, such as in the wrong place.

    • He described "daily soundings" as conditional soundings designed to check the progress of the work and to determine if there is "overdigging" or "misdigging."
    • If you have gaps, holes from misdigging, large rocks, roots, stumps, et al., you'll have to fill them in when you pour your footings and/or bottom(s).
    • The Ghosts stumbling through darkness, incapable of seeing her instructions, misdigging false channels, adding to the chaos of the Instant.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for misdig. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA