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scrofare

scrofare [1 scrofa+-are], to dig up (soil) by using swine as digger. c1448 croftam terre ‥ imbladatam cum fabis ‥ cum porcis suis scrophavit ‥ et pastinam ‥ in gardino ‥ cum dictis porcis depastus est ac scrophavit (Hatfield Broad Oak) MS Essex RO D/DK m. 1.

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