scooping

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scooping - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Scoop \Scoop\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scooped; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Scooping.] [OE. scopen. See Scoop, n.]
     1. To take out or up with, a scoop; to lade out.
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              He scooped the water from the crystal flood.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To empty by lading; as, to scoop a well dry.
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     3. To make hollow, as a scoop or dish; to excavate; to dig
        out; to form by digging or excavation.
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              Those carbuncles the Indians will scoop, so as to
              hold above a pint.                    --Arbuthnot.
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