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Definition of Rootle
1. Verb. Dig with the snout. "The pig was rooting for truffles"
Definition of Rootle
1. Verb. (of an animal) to dig into the ground, with the snout ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rootle
1. to dig in the ground as with the snout [v -TLED, -TLING, -TLES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rootle
Literary usage of Rootle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"grave (rare and archaic), excavate; spec, costean, grub, dike, ditch, mine, spade,
root, rootle, spud, rout (chiefly dial.), hoe, shovel, mattock, channel, ..."
2. A Practical Dictionary of the English and German Languages by Felix Flügel, Johann Gottfried Flügel (1861)
"... carding or combing machine; — (tube, /. card- room; —rootle, /. 1. carding wool,
wool that is to be carded; 2. carded or combed wool. ..."
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