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Definition of Excavated
1. excavate [v] - See also: excavate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Excavated
Literary usage of Excavated
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"OVARIES ON A FLAT OB excavated RECEPTACLE. Carpels of One Sort. (9) The carpels
are arranged spirally upon a raised central cushion of the flat receptacle. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1901)
"The district is very rich in remains of prehistoric times, and Sir Francis Barry
has already excavated nine brochs and several other rude stone structures, ..."
3. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians, by John Gardner Wilkinson (1841)
"... and in the underground chambers excavated in the solid rock at Thebes and
other places ; where we admire the combined skill of the architect, ..."
4. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... excavated deep in the earth, and contain, on either hand as you «nier, the
bodies of the dead buried in the wall. It is all so dark there that the ..."
5. Treatise on Mine-surveying by Bennett Hooper Brough (1906)
"The formula is :— 0-8 in which d denotes the depth in yards, t the thickness
excavated in feet, and r the radius of the support in yards. ..."
6. A Treatise on the Law of Easements by John Leybourn Goddard (1904)
"The question has, apparently, never arisen whether the natural right to lateral
support for surface land remains when the subjacent soil has been excavated ..."
7. The Encyclopædia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... all excavated at successive levels, in the narrow galleries, usually from 3
to 4 ft. in width, interspersed they reach seven storeys), and communicate ..."
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