3. To work like a digger; to study ploddingly and laboriously. [Cant, U.S.]
DIG
Dig, n.
1. A thrust; a punch; a poke; as, a dig in the side or the ribs. See Dig, v. t.,
4. [Colloq.]
2. A plodding and laborious student. [Cant, U.S.]
DIGAMIST
Dig"a*mist, n. Etym: [Gr. Bigamist.]
Defn: One who marries a second time; a deuterogamist. Hammond.
DIGAMMA
Di*gam"ma, n. Etym: [Gr. gammas placed one above the other.] (Gr.
Gram.)
Defn: A letter (
Note: This form identifies it with the Latin F, though in sound it is said to have been nearer V. It was pronounced, probably, much like the English W.